Outside Reading 3

Atul and his sister grew up in a small town of Athens, Ohio and both of his parents were doctors. His mother was a pediatrician part-time while his dad was able to practice urology (the study of the urine and the genitourinary tract in health and disease). His father became very busy and successful. One thing that I thought was kind of amazing and cool to see it actually be true was when Atul said that three-quarters of what he did in his surgery, he never learned in residency. This shows how much you learn on your own and how important it is to apply your skills and smarts to as much as you can do. One thing that I really like about this book is how much I learn... and for my future of being a doctor! There is always new technology and techniques to things that if a doctor fails to adopt the new techniques this would mean they are denying patients medical advances.