Papadimos Thomas J
University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2007 Jul 3;2:13. doi: 10.1186/1747-5341-2-13.
In Voltaire's work, Candide, a young, naïve man, who has been taught that humans live in the best of all possible worlds, is thrust into the world only to find that this may not be so. He learns over time to balance his optimism with the skepticism he acquires through experience. While today's medical students are not naïve like the character Candide, they, nonetheless, carry an impression of the ideal medical practice, along with the expectation of a successful medical practice. Good mentors and role models are important to students in order to temper their optimism, control their skepticism, and to help them to be realistic, not only about their expectations of medical practice, but what society expects of them.
在伏尔泰的作品《老实人》中，一个年轻天真的男子，一直被教导说人类生活在所有可能世界中最美好的世界里，然而当他进入现实世界后却发现可能并非如此。随着时间的推移，他学会了用通过经历获得的怀疑态度来平衡自己的乐观主义。虽然如今的医学生不像《老实人》中的角色那么天真，但他们仍然怀揣着对理想医疗实践的印象，以及对成功医疗实践的期望。优秀的导师和榜样对学生很重要，这样可以缓和他们的乐观情绪，控制他们的怀疑态度，并帮助他们变得现实，不仅是关于他们对医疗实践的期望，还有社会对他们的期望。
