What Are Your Intentions?
As I sit here and reflect on the many steps I took to get to this day I can think of nothing more than the amount of gratitude I have for all those who have helped me along the way. Becoming a board certified clinical pharmacy specialist was not where I saw myself 9 years […]
Happy Independence Day: An Emergency Physician’s Reflection
Happy Independence Day, America! As I prepare to go into work for another string of night shifts, I become aware that this is just another holiday that I will be working. It’s the Fourth of July—not a major holiday as is designated by any scheduler—so no credit will be given to those of us who […]
When Your Passion Evolves
I wanted to be a doctor since the age of two. It was my God-ordained purpose in life and I fulfilled it; but about seven years in I was looking for a way out. In the beginning, the chaos and turmoil was exciting. Once I realized I wasn’t saving lives every day like I thought […]
When do we become the physician stereotype?
If I had a penny for every time somebody asked me to get them pillows or empty out their bed pan, I would be a rich woman. It is not that I find these things beneath me, I would happily fluff my patients’ pillows or clean out their urinal. What bothers me is the stereotyping […]
