Medicine and motherhood: on call forever

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[Register for free]( and turn insight into advantage. --------------------------------------------------------------- KevinMD Plus: May 16, 2022 [Medicine and motherhood: on call forever]( My residency baby just turned eighteen. Obviously, he isn’t really a baby anymore. He is six foot four and going to college, but somehow, I still think of him as that little baby. Maybe I’m just relieved that “we” both made it to eighteen. By “we,” I mean “me” as a physician mom and “him” [...] [Jim Dahle, MD and the White Coat Investor [PODCAST]]( In this episode, I interview Jim Dahle, creator of the White Coat Investor. He has literally created a new asset class of content: the health care professional personal finance space. He discusses how he got his start with the White Coat Investor, why his message still resonates today, and how financial literacy can combat burnout. [...] [An example of medical-legal consulting]( Medical-legal consulting is a great way to use your medical training in a non-clinical field that helps people. Physicians all over the country are now doing medical-legal consulting as a rewarding part-time gig. One service out of many we provide is to give our opinions regarding the causation of traumatic injuries. Some attorneys ask us [...] [COVID-19 and the Great Resignation: a catalyst, not the cause [PODCAST]]( “The Great Resignation. I doubt there is a medical practice out there that has not been affected by it. And experts predict we are just at the beginning. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ early data from 2022 shows that health care is among the top three industries increasing in monthly “quit rate,” second only [...] [What are your true colors?]( We have probably heard this saying with different permutations many times about someone showing “their true colors.” As physician and best-selling author, Tess Gerritsen, shared: “There is no better test of character than when you’re tossed into crisis. That’s when we see one’s true colors shine through. So, I try my best to make my [...] [Your doctors don’t keep track of what they’re doing]( A little-known fact about doctors that most patients would find horrifying is that physicians don’t keep track of their results. If I botch a knee surgery so badly that my patient requires five repairs by a different specialist, I might never find out. As a result, I will continue to use a flawed technique on [...] [Lesson learned: Pick your battles]( It was a known fact — I was 4′ 11″ but I had a mouth on me to compensate. I was loud and noisy. Fellow nurses called me the “rebel without a cause.” But I had a cause. I knew I was David against Goliath. Almost everything became my cause. And I verbally fought my [...] [Gender inequality is making burnout worse]( The 2022 Medscape poll on physician burnout confirms what has been painfully obvious to doctors on the frontlines of COVID-19: Their burnout is intensifying. According to the survey of 13,000 doctors, the nation’s most burned-out physicians are those in emergency medicine (60%) and critical care (56%). Medscape, a leading health care publication, describes burnout as [...] [All mothers deserve to give their newborns the best start in life]( A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD. As leaders in patient safety, anesthesiologists are committed to improving patient care and positively impacting the experiences of expectant mothers to ensure the health and safety of mom and baby. Along with primary health care providers, anesthesiologists are available to help expectant mothers develop [...] [Inside the mind of a medical novel writer [PODCAST]]( In this episode, we talk with writer Dustin Grinnell. He takes us behind the scenes on his ideas for his books, his research process, and how he brings medical stories to life. We also delve into the realm of speculative fiction, and how that intersects with medicine, technology, and ethical dilemmas. Dustin Grinnell is a [...] [We are warriors: doctors and patients]( The passage through life is, at times, exciting, stressful, and confusing. Like being on a roller coaster ride: strapped in, climbing up to the high peaks, and surging down to the valleys. It’s a ride where I hang on for dear life with the hope I can endure the trip until it ends. Don’t get [...] [Are psychedelics the heroes or villains?]( Like many fellow Americans, I had my first psychedelic experience in the middle of the pandemic, in a place where the use of psychedelics is decriminalized. I grew up in a Communist country, and the ban and stigma against psychedelics were tremendous. There was no plant medicine available, and I didn’t know even one person [...] [A specific way to improve our health care delivery system]( This spring, in my culminating semester of PA school, I took a course entitled “Health Care Delivery Systems.” After 30-something months, the end was in sight, and I was not particularly excited for another serious class while I was wrapping up rotations, studying for my boards, and writing my master’s paper. However, as soon as [...] [Listening to the doctor’s heart [PODCAST]]( “A few months ago, I embarked on an ethnographic study to understand what health care professionals saw as the psychosocial needs of pediatric patients. This involved conversations with several doctors in Pakistan, who had volunteered to share their views about pediatric patient care. As I engaged in deep, organic discussions with my interlocutors, I found [...] [Naming the anti-Asian racism of U.S. COVID-19 policy]( It started as the “Chinese virus.” Then the “kung flu.” Then came the boycotts of Chinatowns, the rise in harassment, assaults, and murders. The recognition of hate and discrimination against Asian Americans was long overdue. However, anti-Asian racism doesn’t just manifest in hate speech or violence; it has undermined the U.S. COVID-19 policy response. In [...] [We are humans first and inspiring, gifted healers second]( Our profession often sends the message that we are invincible heroes. Here’s my vulnerable and honest admission: I lapped that up. There was something so seductive about denying pesky human requirements, like sleep, regular exercise, and time to decompress. I liked being needed more than I liked having needs. I sublimated mine under my superhero [...] [Our vulnerabilities, when treated and acknowledged, can become our biggest strength]( I will tell you why health care professionals feel they need to be superhuman, without needs or vulnerabilities. Because that is who we want to be, why we got into the field, and then our training reinforces those very ideas. We exist to take care of others, not be taken care of. I am a [...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Thousands of physicians are browsing this job board](. 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