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Medicine or Madness?

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

You have to be able to laugh at situations, the system, the government, people and especially yourself (Mostly yourself). I was so burnt out, dragging my feet, lugging my head from patient to patient. She was always the first one to notice and address patient difficulties. What if another patient comes in?”

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How frustrating work environment affects empathy in resident doctors?

Tiny Physician

A few days back, a video went viral on social media in which a resident doctor (a doctor who is undergoing post-graduation / PG doctor) was shouting at the bystander of a patient. For example, a PG doctor, while examining a case, will be asked to collect blood test results from the lab and to accompany a patient for a CT scan after that.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

But for me to really get comfortable in palliative practice, I had to go book like other rotations and spend some, some extra time with people who do addiction health, people who, you know, I spent time with the outreach nurses who are doing, you know, street outreach visits. And that’s about half of our referrals.