Changing Perspective

By Pat Bigaouette, Georgetown University School of Medicine

While riding in the plane from Dallas to Montrose I was reading the book “Collateral Damage”, which was suggested/required reading for Marseille. Immediately after the stewardess gave us our drinks, the man directly across the aisle from me leaned across and asked if I was going to Marseille. I looked and my book and then looked at him and replied “yes”. He introduced himself as Tim McDonald and I immediately recognized the name and remembered it being listed as of the four coordinators of the conference.

Knowing that the man I was speaking to would probably be giving several lectures, and that he was probably very important in the patient safety/quality community, I tried to keep a low profile while being polite as possible. I imagined 100s of people squished into a hotel conference room and I had a huge fear that… Continue reading →