Trust the Process
In the years since this experience ... I have sought to encourage trainees and students to reorient their focus from patient outcomes as a referendum on their competency and to focus instead on the pr...
3 Nov 20254min
Transitioning Identities: The Dual Identities of Medical Student Parents
Discussing a new study into how medical student parents navigate their dual identities as physicians-in-training and parents are author Emily Carroll, MD, MEHP, Research in Medical Education Committee...
27 Okt 202543min
The "Uninsured" Patient
I never saw Andrew after that night, but I think of him often. I hope that our interaction played a small part in getting him the care he needed. Sujal Manohar reflects on the importance of digging...
6 Okt 20253min
The Lure of Lore: How Medical Students Learn to Navigate Interprofessional Interactions
Discussing a new study that explores medical student learning during interprofessional interactions in clinical clerkships are author Kelsey Miller, MD, EdM, Research in Medical Education (RIME) Commi...
24 Sep 202541min
The Anatomy of Gratitude
For the first time, we began to understand not just their bodies and illnesses but their lives as joyful parents, enthusiastic musicians, expert race car mechanics, and loving spouses. David Deshpan...
8 Sep 20254min
This Academic Life
We are taught to think about what needs to be done in order for our patient to go home when we are on the wards, yet there is no care meeting, discharge coordinator, or bed huddle in academic medicine...
25 Aug 20254min
To Empty A Wheelchair
Throughout my medical training, I vow to make an effort to actively pursue each patient's full story. To cleave only the fragments of their existence that anchor them to the hospital room leaves behin...
4 Aug 20254min
Delusions of Reference
Regardless of how difficult medicine is, each small step we take to listen, be compassionate, have patience, and advocate is meaningful, even if we must start over and do it again tomorrow, and the ne...
21 Jul 20254min
