As July draws near, it is moving day in medicine. For physicians it signifies moving into the next level of professional growth. Let’s think about what moving really entails.  When we move from one...

Over the past weeks I’ve noticed that my elbow hurts. At first it was intermittent. Then it seemed to hurt more often. I even had to find a different position to sleep so as to not lie on it. Why am...

Doctors are life long learners. The feedback to read more is often heard by medical students and residents in their quest to acquire the knowledge to understand health and disease processes and...

A doctor’s life is a life of service to others. In today’s medical arena that service goes beyond patient care. As early as residency training, doctors have to learn how to navigate their workflow...

The seeds of emotional turmoil inherent in medical education are planted early in the pursuit of becoming a doctor. It is the unspoken fear that medical students and residents experience each day on...

I sat across the table from my physician client and listened to her story. She asks, “How can it be that after 4 years of medical school and 3 years of residency training in my chosen field I feel...

Medicine was my path. I’d decided that early in life before I knew what a career in medicine really looked like. I believed as a doctor I could help people and have a positive impact in their lives....

There comes a time in a doctor’s medical career when the demands of caring for patients is too much. In order to survive doctors put on armor so that we can go into the battlefield of medicine and...

We don’t talk much about passion in medicine anymore.What is your passion in medicine? What was it that sparked your initial desire to pursue a career in medicine? What is the impact that you are...

There is discussion about what to do about physician burnout.   The conversation includes debates on the actual incidence of burnout, why it varies among specialties and work environments, who is...