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In Defense of Resident Wellness (Part 2 of 2)

by Emily Levoy, MD

In my first post in this two-part series, I presented an argument for why physicians and administrators need to work together to develop small-scale interventions to bring meaning to medicine while we continue to push for larger systemic change. In this post, I will explore some effective (and some less effective) themes for interventions for residents.

September 2, 2019

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Featured, GME, Housestaff Wellness, Opinions

Solitary Confinement and Health: Why It Matters in 2019

by Aishwarya Rajagopalan, DO, MHS

Over the last year, our collective minds have been captivated by stories about child and family separation, detainment of citizens and immigrants, and the quality of the health care within detention facilities. These stories have been jarring and traumatic, and have also awoken an important level of national consciousness about the nature of detention. What has not received as much coverage in recent discourse is...

September 2, 2019

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Clinical, Columns, Featured, Health Policy, Opinions, Policy Prescriptions, Psychiatry

Featured, GME, Housestaff Wellness, Opinions

In Defense of Resident Wellness (Part 2 of 2)

In my first post in this two-part series, I presented an argument for why physicians and administrators need to work together to develop small-scale interventions to bring meaning to...

Clinical, Columns, Featured, Health Policy, Opinions, Policy Prescriptions, Psychiatry

Solitary Confinement and Health: Why It Matters in 2019

Over the last year, our collective minds have been captivated by stories about child and family separation, detainment of citizens and immigrants, and the quality of the health care...

Clinical, Internal Medicine, Poetry

Leaving My Heart at the Door

At first, my heart pauses: frozen from shock. / But, within a few seconds, I start to take stock.

Clinical, Family Medicine, Featured, GME, Housestaff Wellness, Intern Year

The Sweet and Sour of Intern Year

Of all the fulfilling and purposeful vocations to pursue, we’ve ended up trying to find our footing in the vast and ever-changing maze of medicine. Propelled by some combination...

Opinions

JAMA Posts Job for ICE Detention Facility: A Concern for Dual Loyalty

“Philosophically committed to the objectives of the facility,” read the original job posting for a physician by The GEO Group in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association...

Clinical, Evidence-Based Medicine, Featured, Health Policy, Internal Medicine, Palliative Care

Home Visit

A smear of what I assumed was cat poop obstructed a narrow asphalt path that led to a mobile home. It was raining. I tiptoed around the sopping heap...

Columns, Featured, GME, Housestaff Wellness, Intern Year, Physician Author, Practical Wellness: Perspectives from a Program Director

An Open Letter to New Interns, Residents and Fellows

I am very pleased to welcome you all to a new academic year at the esteemed institution at which you find yourself, perhaps somewhat unexpectedly, thanks to the Match....

Featured, GME, Housestaff Wellness, Opinions

In Defense of Resident Wellness (Part 1 of 2)

After reading the title of this article, you may think that I am one of those hospital higher-ups trying to peddle “social hour” as a miraculous cure for burnout...

Featured, Housestaff Wellness, Opinions

Children During Medical Training: A Resident Physician’s Experience

My wife and I were preparing to move overseas so I could begin medical school in Israel. We both wanted children young. I grew up as one of five...

Clinical, Internal Medicine, Physician Author

A Night to Remember

I remember feeling resentful that he seemed too healthy to have come to the ER in the first place, while I, on the other hand, was shuffling around as...

Clinical, Pediatrics

Last Words

It was a busy Friday afternoon in the pediatric intensive care unit. The prior evening, he began having profuse lower gastrointestinal bleeding necessitating urgent transfer to the intensive care...

Poetry

The Telling

I recall my father sitting on a small stool in the kitchen / dialing friends and family, one by one, rippling outward