University of Virginia Health System

Medicine is notoriously bad about taking an interest in the many wonderful, creative, thoughtful things that doctors do in a day and a lifetime. All our attention, interest and repetition goes to mistakes, warnings and the negative. We believe this is a gross deficiency in the field. People should have at least as much chance to share their success stories and their finest moments as their mistakes and painful lessons. The more we celebrate our best work, the more apt we are to learn from it and repeat it.

You accomplish healing, restorative work with a lot of patients every day, and it is important to notice that and to share it with others. Let us inspire each other and pool our good efforts so all may learn from them. Thank you.