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Women Doctors, Keep Your Heart Open
"Relax your shoulders and relax your heart. Let go and give room for the pain to pass through you. It's just energy. See it as energy and let it go."Michael Singer, author "The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself How do you handle the sad and disturbing...
Love Should Not Hurt: Break the Silence on Domestic Violence
Love should not hurt. Domestic violence hurts. What is domestic violence? đź–¤It is not patient, it is not kind.đź–¤It involves envy, it involves boasting, it is prideful. đź–¤It is rude, it is self-seeking, it is easily angered, it keeps a record of wrongs.đź–¤It delights in...
The Shoulders I Stand on: A Black Female Doctor Reflects on Dr. Blackwell’s Birthday
On February 3rd we honor and recognize women physicians. This date was chosen as National Women Physicians Day because it was the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman physician licensed to practice medicine in the United States back in 1849. As a black...
Editor’s Corner: We Have a Dream
A Letter from our Co-Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Amber Robins: Dear Readers, As you may know, last week we observed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day. During this time we traditionally think of his words in the iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Usually during this time of...
Daring Greatly: Vulnerability, Courage and Shame in Medicine
In health care, we are hardwired to do all we can to minimize error and avoid failure. The journey of training and practicing medicine rests on the premise of perfection. And yet, perfectionism and shame are thought to be the two sides of the same coin. As clinicians,...
Editor’s Corner: What it Was Like Taking the Physician Burnout Survey
A letter from our Co-Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Archana Shrestha: Dear Reader, Have you ever taken the Physician Burnout Survey? The article we published last week on burnout got me thinking about an experience I had with the survey. Because I work with residents, the...
7 Tips for Budding Pediatricians
As a young girl, I loved to spend my Saturdays playing “school”. I would line my dolls and stuffed animals up on our back porch, and teach them all lessons using a play chalkboard and school supplies. I could play for hours. My mom was convinced I’d be a teacher when...
I am the Face of Burnout
I am the face of early career female physician burnout. And I fought it so hard Until I realized that in order to overcome this foe, it wasn’t me that was broken. It wasn’t me that need to be fixed. It wasn’t something inherently wrong with me. I was working from a...
Editor’s Corner: Why We Created the Women in White Coats Heroes Award
A letter from our Co-Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Archana Shrestha, MD, MS, FACEP. Dear Reader, As we open up voting for the Women in White Coats Hero of the Year Award, I take pause to reflect on why this award is so important. The simple reason we put together this award is...
Pushing Past a Test Yet Feeling Like A Fraud
For 7 years I have been living a life of shame. I have been fearful that I would be discovered and called a fraud. Constantly feeling inadequate and not worthy of my initials M.D. “Why?” you may ask. Because for almost 7 years I had not attained the title of “Board...
