PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christopher E Gaw
TI  - On this side of the bubble
AID  - 10.1136/medhum-2014-010645
DP  - 2015 Jun 01
TA  - Medical Humanities
PG  - e1--e1
VI  - 41
IP  - 1
4099  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/41/1/e1.short
4100  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/41/1/e1.full
SO  - J Med Humanit2015 Jun 01; 41
AB  - I was told by many people that medical school would be a transformative period in my life. As I began my medical education, I started to grasp what this meant; medical school was not only an exhilarating academic experience, but a positive social one as well. However, my classmates and I soon realized that we were trapped in a bubble, one which separated the world of medicine from the world at large. Experiencing strain in some of my personal relationships, I tried to explore how the medical bubble could affect our lives not only as future physicians, but also as friends, family, and spouses. It is my hope that an awareness of the bubble will help those in medicine develop and maintain relationships with both their patients and those in their personal lives.