Can providers compartmentalize too much? We might rephrase this question in Osler-ian vocabulary: when does aequanimitas become detachment?

I realized we can't wait for all the research to come in—there's a lot of evidence that we could start teaching right now...

I fake laugh. I haven’t genuinely laughed in a while.

“I don’t know,” becomes a more commonplace response. Somewhere along the way, these fears, doubts, and questions became mine.

Guest editor Sarah Berry, PhD worked with nineteen pre-medical students at Centre College, Rhodes College, and Sewanee: The University of...

I didn't realize how much I love hugs | Delivering a baby (I'm an OB resident), proof that life continues even in weird situations

My mask, more precious to me in those moments, serves more to hide my expression of terror and vulnerability than as protection ...

As an intern I often found myself sitting on my couch after shifts, exhausted, unsuccessfully processing my daily dose of traumatic moments.

I don't want to beat my fiancé over the head with a paddle yet. Enough with the social media posts of yourself wearing PPE.

I wish people understood how anxious I am. || I really am fine. This is what I was made for. || The sense of unknown is wearing on me...

... like a coiled spring, refusal to acknowledge contempt creates dangerous tensions that lead to the worst abuses and personal implosions

His fear began to congeal, which, when mixed with the sweet smell of antifreeze and the acrid smell of hot plastic, assembled into a spectre

If anything is clear to me, it’s that medical training doesn’t need my help to dehumanize its participants.

The glass isn’t half-full. It’s not half empty, either. Instead, I want to know why that glass is filled only halfway...