Why Are So Many of Us Breaking?
This is a hard post to write. It is also important. I have escorted trainees to the emergency room for urgent…
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Is Medicine Right for Me? Start With an Ordinary Tuesday
At some point you typed is medicine right for me into a search bar. Then somebody told you to go shadow a doctor.…
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Rest Is a Professional Skill: A Labor Day Argument for Physicians
There are two monitors on my desk. One has Epic open. The other holds my calendar, and most days a partially read echo…
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Financial Autonomy for Physicians: A Practical Guide
I work with a lot of high-earning physicians who still feel trapped in a job or specialty they’ve clearly outgrown. It’s…
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The Conversation That Never Happens
I’m standing in the shower wiping soap out of my eyes, and I’m three exchanges deep into an argument that I’m losing.…
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Rethinking Physician Careers: How to Keep Building Past Mid-Career
It is faculty annual review time, and if I am being honest, I dread it. The reasons are not clear. I have been full…
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What Sets You Off in a Meeting Is Your Job to Know
You just pitched an idea that was weeks in the making. The pushback starts, and some of it is hard and pointed. All eyes…
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One Month Into the New Academic Year: The Check-In Only You Can Run
The academic year is four weeks old. Maybe you are assembling a promotion dossier. Maybe your annual review is on the…
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