I have been working to do that for a long time. I've tried a lot of different approaches. Honestly, the earlier you got them in their medical training the easier it is because as time goes on people just get a lot of inertia towards the conventional medical ideology. Additionally, there are a lot of people who doubt the system or have s…
I have been working to do that for a long time. I've tried a lot of different approaches. Honestly, the earlier you got them in their medical training the easier it is because as time goes on people just get a lot of inertia towards the conventional medical ideology. Additionally, there are a lot of people who doubt the system or have specific doubts, but they never have a safe place to bring up their concerns, so a large part of the process is creating a place where there is an openness for them to express what they feel (do you have to make them feel like they can trust you, but also not seem like you're crazy). I have someone over by a sample size, because I interact a lot more with the groups of physicians who tend to be more open minded, whereas with the more hard-core conventional people, I found is kind of a lost cause to change their minds and outside of a few cases where I had a personal relationship with them (e.g. there remember the my extended family) I've never really tried.
Thanks, This is in accord with my observations as well. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our profession would embrace the need to shake ourselves up out of our stupor periodically and liberate our minds.
I have been working to do that for a long time. I've tried a lot of different approaches. Honestly, the earlier you got them in their medical training the easier it is because as time goes on people just get a lot of inertia towards the conventional medical ideology. Additionally, there are a lot of people who doubt the system or have specific doubts, but they never have a safe place to bring up their concerns, so a large part of the process is creating a place where there is an openness for them to express what they feel (do you have to make them feel like they can trust you, but also not seem like you're crazy). I have someone over by a sample size, because I interact a lot more with the groups of physicians who tend to be more open minded, whereas with the more hard-core conventional people, I found is kind of a lost cause to change their minds and outside of a few cases where I had a personal relationship with them (e.g. there remember the my extended family) I've never really tried.
Thanks, This is in accord with my observations as well. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our profession would embrace the need to shake ourselves up out of our stupor periodically and liberate our minds.