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Art of Family Medicine

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Professional identity

Isuri Weerakkody MSc MD CCFP(COE)

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n the midst of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, I reluctantly joined a virtual academic half day for care of the elderly and geriatric medicine residents. The talk was titled “Professional Identity” and I was not sure what to expect or what I would gain from it. After discussing a short story written by writer and physician Dr Naomi Rachel Remen, Dr Arielle Berger gave us the following writing prompt: “Behind my mask, I ….” We were given 5 minutes to write whatever came to our minds. As I put pen down to paper, I was reminded of my recent experience seeing an elderly patient who presented with hip pain to a busy downtown emergency department.

The mask

Behind my mask, I read your results Behind my mask, I take deep breaths

I hide my flaws, I shed a tear.

Behind my mask I walk to your room … I hide my sadness.

Behind my mask I worry what you will think of me.

Behind my mask, I tell you that you have cancer.

Behind the mask I hide away from not just a virus

but also from you.

Dr Weerakkody is a family physician with a special interest in caring for older adults who practises at Baycrest Hospital in Toronto, Ont.

Competing interests None declared

Can Fam Physician 2021;67:e141. DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6705e141

Vol 67: MAY | MAI 2021 |Canadian Family Physician | Le Médecin de famille canadien

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