Thursday, April 3, 2014

Dr. Victor Trastek is a thoracic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic.  To his surpise, an important part of his professional education came from a nurse, Shelly Olson, well after he became an attending physician.  They tell their story in this video.

Congratulations to Shelly for having the guts to stand up to an abusive and powerful member of the medical staff.  Congratulations to Vic for having the guts to tell the world an embarrassing story about himself--for the purpose of helping others see the way.

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