Wow! This is superb. I’ve been in practice for 20+ years and I’ve often tried to work out how I work. I’ve questioned myself for not always being able to give a straightforward answer to why *this* herb is right and *that* one not-so-much. I’m currently mentoring a few new practitioners and it is SO helpful to have such a clearly stated explanation and well defined steps. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the kind words, Paula! It’s taken a decade for me to figure out how to talk about this, and I’m pretty happy with the results. I hope it’s helpful for everyone in our field who has also struggled to explain the knowing of relationship.
I am a registered nurse and this article and the way you've distinctly broken it down, providing plausible explanations and examples, is exemplary. Reading it, I'm thinking how this is applicable to being a medical professional as well. Bravo, and thank you.
Thanks Emeline! I suspect my insights do generalize to other systems of medicine, but since my brain works within my system I’ll leave it to experts in other systems to figure out. In nursing, Patricia Benner has done extensive work with the Dreyfus model. Her book From Novice to Expert is the classic text.
I think she started teaching the Dreyfus system in the early 80’s, and the Dreyfus brothers made some changes in the late 80’s. Stuart Dreyfus published about system 0 in 2014, and I’m not sure if she’s picked that part up yet. I’ve found her writings to be very helpful in understanding how to apply Dreyfus to clinical thinking!
I have friends who graduated allopathic residency programs and were immediately hired to teach. I always thought this seemed odd and poor. Don't they need real world experience before teaching others????
That’s a good question! Residency is where physicians get tons of experience, often diverse, 1000’s of hours. I’m not a doctor so I’ll not speculate if that’s sufficient before teaching others (I suspect it depends on the topic).
Agreed. Finding a good primary care is probably closer to finding a unicorn than a four leaf clover.
Most people will need to go to an herbalist to have a clinician who knows them. The allopaths in the system don’t have time.
Thank you for writing this!
Wow! This is superb. I’ve been in practice for 20+ years and I’ve often tried to work out how I work. I’ve questioned myself for not always being able to give a straightforward answer to why *this* herb is right and *that* one not-so-much. I’m currently mentoring a few new practitioners and it is SO helpful to have such a clearly stated explanation and well defined steps. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the kind words, Paula! It’s taken a decade for me to figure out how to talk about this, and I’m pretty happy with the results. I hope it’s helpful for everyone in our field who has also struggled to explain the knowing of relationship.
I am a registered nurse and this article and the way you've distinctly broken it down, providing plausible explanations and examples, is exemplary. Reading it, I'm thinking how this is applicable to being a medical professional as well. Bravo, and thank you.
Thanks Emeline! I suspect my insights do generalize to other systems of medicine, but since my brain works within my system I’ll leave it to experts in other systems to figure out. In nursing, Patricia Benner has done extensive work with the Dreyfus model. Her book From Novice to Expert is the classic text.
Benner’s system resembles the Dreyfus system closely and is taught to us in school, actually! :)
I think she started teaching the Dreyfus system in the early 80’s, and the Dreyfus brothers made some changes in the late 80’s. Stuart Dreyfus published about system 0 in 2014, and I’m not sure if she’s picked that part up yet. I’ve found her writings to be very helpful in understanding how to apply Dreyfus to clinical thinking!
I have friends who graduated allopathic residency programs and were immediately hired to teach. I always thought this seemed odd and poor. Don't they need real world experience before teaching others????
That’s a good question! Residency is where physicians get tons of experience, often diverse, 1000’s of hours. I’m not a doctor so I’ll not speculate if that’s sufficient before teaching others (I suspect it depends on the topic).
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