Dec 17, 2018
How do we think about the entirety of a physician’s career? Discussing the individual, institutional, and workforce implications of physicians’ late-career transitions and retirement decisions in this new episode are editor-in-chief David Sklar, senior staff editor Toni Gallo (@AcadMedJournal), and authors...
Dec 11, 2018
"I did not want to take for granted relationships with my loved ones—a girlfriend, a friend, a family member, a patient. For them I needed to create a new perspective, one where n = 1 and where the one in front of me matters most." Resident Adam Weiner reflects on balancing time spent on work and time spent with those...
Nov 26, 2018
"He was hesitant, but truths spoken truthfully can make a world of difference between not-so-different strangers. And he liked that my subjects and verbs did not match, that my r’s rolled, and that my s’s turned into lisps. This part—this sound—was familiar to him." Physician Claudia Miranda reflects on an...
Nov 15, 2018
"I traced in my mind our timeline of visits every other month, as I got to know Lorraine and the rest of her family. We celebrated many triumphs and mourned countless setbacks together, relating to her health and to her kids." Physician Emily Gordon reflects on her memories of one patient, Lorraine, who taught her about...
Oct 29, 2018
"I wondered to myself … knowing what I now did, would I be comfortable seeing this patient again? Could I rely on myself to give careful, considerate thought to his overall well-being? Would I be willing to be his doctor?" Medical student Walter Klyce describes coming to terms with caring for a patient who made...