by Archana Shrestha | Jan 26, 2019 | Be the Change, Feature
As Co-Editor-in-Chief, of Women in White Coats, a blog dedicated to being THE VOICE of women doctors, I see one topic come up over and over again among writers and members of our tribe and that is burnout. We get submission after submission on this topic each with a...
by Amber Robins | Jan 2, 2019 | Be the Change
When I first thought about creating the book “The Chronicles of Women in White Coats.” I thought it was just an idea. I had no clue who would buy into my dream of telling the real story of real women in medicine. I hesitated when I posted the invitation...
by Shikha Jain and Mamta Swaroop | Dec 12, 2018 | Be the Change
Data show over the past decade that more than 47 percent of medical students are women, yet the number of practicing physicians is around 33 percent. Even with the increasing numbers of women entering the field, the number in leadership positions is discouragingly...
by Nina Lum | Dec 11, 2018 | Be the Change
On January 23rd 2018, a 15-year-old student shot sixteen people at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, killing two other 15-year-olds. Majority of the victims were between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. Thirty-two miles north from Benton, a 1997 school...
by Jazbeen Ahmad | Nov 21, 2018 | Be the Change
As physicians we learn how to treat disease, how to ask questions in order to obtain an accurate history, we typically deal with patients who require terminology to be in “layman’s” terms so that they may understand the complex nature of the physiology...
by Farah Karipineni | Nov 14, 2018 | Be the Change
“There’s no heartbeat.” Three words that no one ever wants to hear. Three words that no one ever wants to deliver. Yet, as physicians, we deliver those crushing words on a daily basis. None of us would ever take the task of delivering this news lightly, but for me, it...
