This week on the blog, we are sharing an excerpt of the chapter Dr. Kim Nichols wrote in the latest installment of The Chronicles of Women in White Coats! Keep reading to learn more about her background with mentoring: Although I enjoyed the new practice and all of my...
It all started out seeming like a pretty routine visit. My patient was in her early 30’s and had come into the emergency department for weakness, but was in no distress. As I was talking with her about her symptoms she would flash the occasional smile. It was then...
This week on the blog, we are sharing a preview of the chapter Dr. Amber Robins wrote in the latest installment of The Chronicles of Women in White Coats! Keep reading to learn more about her background with music: As a kid, I saw many family members in the hospital....
Physicians, dentists, and other health professionals rarely talk about when physicians advocate or interfere in their family member’s healthcare. I strongly suspect we have all encountered this emotionally-charged subject. And what is the best way to navigate...
I Was Raised by South Asian Immigrant Parents I was born in a small American town and raised in a family with South Asian roots. My physician father immigrated to the United States during the “brain drain” between 1966-1975 when physicians and scientists from...
A February 2021 JAMA podcast and corresponding (now redacted) tweet suggested that structural racism does not exist and that no physicians are racist. For the record, structural racism is defined as a system in which public policies, institutional practices,...
