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Jeremy Samuel Faust wrote an article entitled, \u201cWhat Is Your Name? Where Are We? Who Is President? Oh God.\u201d<\/a> Regarding his experiences performing the mental status exam today, published in February 2017. He describes the spectrum of emotions that he has witnessed in people who have just discovered the name of the leader of the free world for the first time. He describes well the spectrum of denial, shock, anger, acceptance; Kubler-Ross would have been proud.<\/p>\n

Similar to Dr. Faust, I\u2019ve made a bit of a hobby of the answers to these questions. Throughout my emergency medicine residency training in Detroit, even if a patient was unsure of the year, the location, their age, they would say with pride, \u201cObama!\u201d when asked, \u201cwho is the president?\u201d<\/p>\n

The world has shifted and I\u2019ve received an answer that has challenged me as a professional during this current administration. While some people roll their eyes and say, \u201cOh, that pervert,\u201d (which I count as correct), or the very demented say, shocked, \u201cyou\u2019re kidding.\u201d I had to check myself after a man with a round southern drawl said, \u201cmy man, Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

This hit me hard. To me, implicit in supporting Trump is the belief in judgment of people of color and immigrants, as well as a disregard for women and LGBTQ people. There I was, a female physician, believing that my patient would disregard and disrespect everything that I hold sacred.<\/p>\n

Usually, judgment isn\u2019t an issue for me. Bring me any cocaine addicted pregnant mother of three, any perpetrator of violent crime, any addict. There is warmth in my heart. There are no excuses for their behavior, but there is a humanization of them to me. But supporting Trump? How can I provide care when this is a rather close and emotional topic?<\/p>\n

I was judging him harshly. I didn\u2019t know him. I was perpetrating the very same righteousness and judgment of which I accuse Trump supporters. My transference was strong. I tried to acknowledge the love he showed his family. I tried to respect his freedom of speech, to acknowledge how kind he seemed, to focus on the seemingly close-knit family he had created. As I sat down to write my note, I tried to think of what life experiences brought him to this place, something redeemable. But that red \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hat practically glowed; it was like a Matador flag for me.<\/p>\n

I literally took a \u201ctime out\u201d right before I stepped into his room each time. Outlining what I would say, what I would not say. Shocked at my own intolerance.<\/p>\n

This must be what becoming a professional feels like – knowing what my biases are, acknowledging them, and moving beyond them. It\u2019s a work in progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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