Being a good doctor also means being well surrounded and accepting your own limits. Whether in the emergency room, intensive care or operating room, each member of the medical team plays an essential role. If the doctor acts as conductor and sets the tempo, everyone must play their part optimally. In all departments, teamwork is the cornerstone, it has an immediate effect and proves extremely beneficial for the patient.

Whether they are residents or new bosses, excitement and a certain tension accompany future doctors in the pivotal moments that mark their career. Joining a new team, taking on increased responsibilities, taking action for the first time, they must prove themselves at each stage of their training. Despite the stress, the next generation works hard to carve out a place for themselves, never losing sight of the essential: the patient.

In the hospital, time is often of the essence. Staff are responsible for patients' lives and sometimes every second counts: everyone must be ready to respond! Despite all the patients to treat and other imperatives to manage, urgent cases always take priority. When one shows up, time stops. You must analyze the situation, make a diagnosis and choose the right intervention. The whole team must work together to be as effective as possible

Although they are above all scientists, doctors cannot practice outside the unique relationship that unites them with their patients. However, doctors manage to put this attachment aside in order to make the right decisions and concentrate on the action to be taken. Although patient trust adds additional pressure, it also brings its share of rewards.

Patients are constantly entering the hospital, where the number of places is limited. To be able to welcome them, others must come out. Everything comes together and each participant is part of the process. To provide time off, doctors must see patients, while nurses provide care and coordinate teams. There is never time to waste and all the staff work daily to maintain the pace in order to keep the machine running.

Doctors are the only hospital staff authorized to convey information about their health to patients, including both good and bad news. Difficult announcements are part of everyday life, but they are never trivial. How do you prepare to tell someone they are going to die? Above all, how do we prepare the person themselves for this eventuality? These pivotal moments occupy a fundamental place in the relationship between doctor and patient.

De nombreuses circonstances mettent à l’épreuve les nerfs d’acier des médecins et des infirmières œuvrant à l’hôpital : interventions délicates, opérations urgentes, patients hostiles. Si les situations semblent parfois incontrôlables, les professionnels maintiennent le cap. Leur formation, leur personnalité et leur expérience les aident à garder la tête froide, à gérer le stress et à rester concentrés sur l’essentiel : soigner.

Doctors pursue two objectives: improving quality of life or extending lifespan. When their treatments no longer succeed, they sometimes have to give up. When illness prevails, caregivers take on a new mission: to put their knowledge and humanity at the service of the patient so that their last moments are imbued with comfort and dignity.

Beyond physical or mental health problems, the hospital often becomes the final social safety net for patients who require special care, but whose personal network is weakened, or whose living environment is inadequate. Doctors make it their duty to ensure the safety of these patients, who are not always able to take care of themselves.

Regardless of their specialty, doctors are constantly investigating to establish the right diagnoses and take the appropriate medical actions. While certain symptoms sometimes send them temporarily down the wrong path, others leave them perplexed and require great insight. Equipped with their knowledge and the analysis tools at their disposal, they carefully carry out the investigation so that nothing escapes them.

Despite a Cartesian spirit, doctors cannot escape a degree of subjectivity. Even though they have built up a shell for themselves, they are regularly touched by their patients. While they develop natural empathy for some, others, such as those who do not help themselves, sometimes elicit more negative feelings. Bound by the Hippocratic Oath, how do they manage to treat all their patients with objectivity and the same rigor?

Illness never takes time off and Christmas is no exception. At the hospital, the holiday season brings its share of complications. As traffic increases due to more celebrations and less favorable weather, services are restricted by public holidays. However, the machine continues to run and the staff are at work with particular sensitivity for the patients hospitalized during this period, which should be one of celebration.