The Kitchen

The kitchen is the center of gravity at Seton Cove. People automatically collect there. People feel most at home there and talk with greater ease. Story after story is shared around the kitchen table. People laugh and have a good time. The kitchen is appointed much like a home kitchen. Meals are often included in physician and staff programs but are not prepared in the kitchen. Catering services simplify program planning. Since the caterer’s timing is not usually precisely the program leader’s timing the oven proves valuable for keeping foods warm. In serving the needs of physicians, regard the time in the kitchen as time for them to process thoughts, teachings and discoveries from the formal program. Think of it also as a time for physicians to develop relationships with each other. In this time of increasing physician isolation, relationship building helps build healthy physicians. Therefore, the kitchen helps build healthy physicians.