The Health Provider Paradox: Depression as a Resident Physician
“You need to just take care of yourself” — a phrase I’ve heard often over the past few years. What does this even mean? I thought it was silly and laughable.
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Resident Physician Contributing Writer
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Dr. Henry Wong is a PGY-3 emergency medicine resident at VCU Health in Richmond, VA. He earned his medical degree from VCU/MCV and his undergraduate from the University of Virginia. His clinical interests include difficult airway management and critical care. In his spare time, he enjoys tennis, kayaking, napping, and playing with his wiener dog.
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Lunch hour on a Thursday
in the skies above
Windy City
If You Don’t Have Time To Meditate For An Hour
Prior to starting medical school, I meditated for an hour every morning. There is a Zen proverb that goes something like this: “If you don’t have time to meditate for an hour everyday, you should meditate for two hours.”
Suicide
It’s been about three years since Jacob committed suicide. In the high turnover microcosm of general surgery residency, there aren’t many who remember him.
Pull the Thread: A Perspective from Hematology-Oncology Attending and Writer
Writing is the greatest self-excavation tool I have found. It was always something I enjoyed, but during my medical training it became something much more important than that.
The Old Man in Bed 3
Medical alert, paged — STAT to Bed 3 / The nurse comes a runnin’ — we need an MD!
Klimt, Modernism, and Art’s Relationship with Medicine
In 1894, the State Ministry of Culture, Religion, and Education in Vienna commissioned three paintings for the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna to celebrate the institutions accomplishments of Philosophy, Medicine, and Jurisprudence. When the artist who painted these works chose to make a bold stylistic statement, all three were heavily criticized for their eroticism, obscenity, and “ugliness.”
Screening: A Haiku
A haiku about screening for colon cancer.
Thy Sweet Practiser
When do-sed dram or weigh-ted dusts / no remedy impart
Parting Soon
How do you enjoy that / Which will be gone — sooner than someday?
“Compassion”
“Compassion” / A pale moon hangs above / The workroom clock reads six, but / Is it day or night?
Scar
His mother asks whether or not there will be a scar. I tell her yes. We’ll do our best to make it small, but there will be a scar.
Resident Physician Contributing Writer
Columbia-New York Presbyterian Hospital
Jake Prigoff is originally from Roslyn, New York. He received his undergraduate degree from The University of Michigan and his medical degree from The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is currently a General Surgery Resident at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. His primary career focus is on oncologic surgery, but his interests also include Public Health and the epidemic of gun violence in America.