Although the gender gap in medical schools has recently closed, women physicians still face challenges. I’m frequently asked what the relevance of my work in @amwadoctors is… and well, here are a couple reasons we still have work to do on gender equity:
I have dreamed of becoming a doctor since I was a young girl. But nothing prepared me for the realities of the profession [of note, I’m a first-generation college graduate and no one in my family practices medicine]. If you are pre-medical and plan on embarking on the journey to becoming a physician, I ask that you consider these 5 reasons NOT to become one:
A little over a year ago, I posted this video [https://youtu.be/5uOjxyRwhSc] on my experience with burnout as a resident and early on as an attending. In that video, I shared these 6 tips:
Match day was one of the happiest days of my life. It isn’t that way for everyone, so I think it’s important to respect that and support our colleagues when we can. But for those of you that have matched into a residency program (congratulations!) and now know where you’re going to be for the next few years, this video is for you.
My journey to becoming an attending physician has not been straightforward. I’d argue that no one’s journey to adulthood really is. But that being said, with how much social media highlights all of the happy, bright things in life, it can be easy to forget that all of us stumble sometimes. All of us fail or receive rejections.
I was inspired by a question I was asked during a medical school interview: “What do you regret most?” At the time [over TEN years ago now… whew, I’m getting old], I answered that I regretted going to an early college. Looking back, there are a couple of things that I may have regretted at one point or another:
1. Going to an early college 2. Being in a long distance relationship 3. Throwing away my 20’s [to become a doctor]
But over time, my perspective on these things has changed. Watch the video to learn more about why! I’d love to hear how you’d respond to this interview question on YouTube!
I do not typically set New Year’s resolutions, but 2021 was a big year of growth and change and I wanted to continue the momentum. This exercise was mostly one in reflection of the challenges I overcame in 2021 [pandemic aside] in order to look toward setting goals to strive for in 2022.
The elephant in the room around here is that I’m an ICU doctor that hasn’t been posting much about the pandemic to this channel. In this video, I share some of my thoughts on why I’ve been holding back.
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