Legend has it that a frog will jump out if placed into hot water, but if you raise the temperature gradually it will stay until it’s cooked. This is an apt analogy for how older physicians currently view their jobs. If we were to jump from college graduation into our current high-stress, low-control jobs, many […]
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For me, physical symptoms are a clue to something I don’t want to know about myself. If I have a sore throat, I wonder if there’s something I need to say that isn’t being said. If I get a neck pain, I might attribute it to stress or a virus, but I also think, “Who
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I am in the process, as many of you are, of helping to launch a young man into successful adulthood. One thing my husband and I decided a long time ago was to try to nurture our son’s true interests rather than force a path on him based on financial prospects. This has turned out
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. “Just as the tumultuous chaos of a thunderstorm brings a nurturing rain that allows life to flourish, so too in human affairs, times of advancement are preceded by times of disorder. Success comes to those who can weather the storm.” –I
No, my first blog post is not going to be a discussion of sheep’s blood agar, even if I am an Infectious Disease doctor. The title is a reference to my theme for the years when I was Medical Staff President. My theme was cultural change. In picking a theme, I followed in the
