Picturing Practice as a Medical Student
As I brought the blade to the patient, I tried to infer the right depth, weight, and speed by matching to my pictured recollection of all the other incisions I had seen—an act, perhaps, akin to Ansel ...
1 Des 20253min
Reflections After Testifying at an Asylum Hearing
My hope is that, by learning to recognize how physicians interface with injustice in systems early in their training, learners will be better prepared to navigate and, when necessary, defy these syste...
17 Nov 20256min
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
