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Doctoring In My Sleep
We are trained to do this in our sleep. More than ten years out from my residency graduation, I look back at my training and reflect on why exactly it was so grueling and arduous. I remember the innumerable ICU and Trauma rotations, overnight calls and night...
Choosing Medicine: Kimberly Brown, MD, MPH
Why medicine? I literally believe that I was born with the thought of being a doctor. As a kid, I’d ask my grandma to tell me stories about my mom when she was a little like me. She would always tell me that my mom wanted to be a doctor, a pilot and a wife with 5...
5 Simple Ways to Add Happiness To Your Day
My name is Claudine Courey and I wear my white coat everyday as an optometrist from Montreal, Canada! As with many of you, I wear many other “coats” in life as a mother, spouse, daughter, friend, business owner, all while trying to keep it together! What I have...
What’s Changed for Women in Medicine over my 20 Years as a Doctor
September is Women in Medicine Month and as the month draws to an end I have been wondering what it means to be women in medicine today. Over 20 years ago, my medical school class was one of the first with a near 50% ratio of male to female students, and currently...
Gender Pay Disparity in Medicine is Real
September is Women in Medicine Month. This past week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) highlighted 2 papers which studied the #genderdisparities amongst pediatricians. These studies found important #genderdifferences regarding BOTH income and households....
Physician Suicide Awareness Day
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide rates in the United States increased more than 30% from 1999 to 2017. More than half (54%) of people who died by suicide did not...
A Letter to My Daughter As She Considers Becoming a Doctor
Not too long ago, my daughter, you asked me what you should be when you grow up. Over the years you’ve entertained the normal litany of ideas- artist, teacher, and even a doctor like your mom. I will answer your question the same way my mother did. You can do...
Women in White Coats Turns ONE YEARS OLD!
Today, the Women in White Coats Blog turns ONE YEARS OLD!!!When we launched our book "The Chronicles of Women in White Coats" back in May of 2018, we knew there were many more stories to be told and that Women...
I Am the One Percent – When the Doctor Becomes the (Infertile) Patient
My fertility journey is not typical. I have not spent years “trying”. In fact, I have spent years trying NOT to get pregnant! My husband has two daughters – AND a vasectomy. So getting pregnant was a known challenge. Luckily, I like challenges. We went to an...
Choosing Medicine: Crystal A. Maxwell, MD, MBA
Growing up in rural Mississippi I knew all too well how hard it can be to find a hospital. The closest hospital from where I lived was 19 miles away. This made it difficult to access healthcare for me and my family. Similar to me, this is common in rural areas like...
