When The Simulated Patient Is For Real Summary

In her essay “When the Simulated Patient is for Real,” Taneisha Grant, an internal medicine doctor acknowledges that by a fortuitous encounter, her training as a physician practitioner and as a person did not conclude in a college classroom, instead, that life is a continuous learning experience. After an extensive medical training, Dr. Grant realizes that her daily shifts at the hospital can teach her how to become a better doctor and a better person. She emphasizes when she writes, “...there are times when classroom didactics are not enough” (182). In other words, there is a significant difference between learning and memorizing a set of medical practices, and applying them to real-life situations. For instance, when assisting Mr. G, she