professional-identity.md (1202B)
1 # professional identity 2 3 ## awkward transitions 4 Medical school, especially at the end, is awkward - you're giving orders, but can't really, 5 carrying patients, but not really, etc. 6 You can do a lot of good, but are purposefully (and thankfully) handicapped. 7 8 To what degree is residency similarly awkward? 9 Full MD/DO, can write orders, but still heavily (thankfully) supervised. 10 11 ## motivation 12 Daniel Pink's Drive: autonomy, mastery, purpose (these map to Cal Newport's[^cn3] autonomy, competence, connection) 13 14 ### autonomy 15 See "awkward transitions" 16 17 ### mastery 18 Can't ever fully master medicine, 19 as it's too large (even if scientific knowledge remained static), 20 and scientific knowledge is exponentially expanding. 21 The joyfulness of infinite play lies in learning to start something we cannot finish. 22 See [Carse's _Finite and Infinite Games_](../florilegium/finite_infinite_games_james_p_carse.md). 23 24 ### purpose 25 Work-life integration, rather than balance. 26 Regain purpose with self-care, 27 meaningful problems, 28 surround yourself with great colleagues. 29 30 31 32 [^cn3]: he didn't make these up, of course, and both Pink and Newport are popularizing large and deep academic fields 33 Tue 30 Jun 2020 10:55:14 AM CDT