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Halfway through with my Residency in Family Medicine. Its do-able! Fun-able even! But I have yet to feel comfortable with the decision to enter medicine.
I have been meeting a few really smart, political, compassionate people who want to enter into medicine. & I have a hard time giving advice. Yes, can be rad. I've seen a few amazing radicals like Sarah succeed without seeming to be crushed. I wonder how she does it, cuz it's really amazing to witness her succeed from afar. Maybe I'm just prone to be crushed? Or maybe the dual combo of single mama and medicine leads to greater likelihood of crushing? I want artist/activist/community folks to be doctors, but I want them to feel OK when/if the crushing comes. I try to provide a balance of optimism and reality so reflecting back, they can say that they had entered with full informed consent. I really want folks like Charlie to enter into medicine! But I want folks to leave medical training with dignity and souls intact.
I have survived a lot of suck and criticism from my training. Overall positive feedback, but all I can hear ringing is the negative stuff that centers around my lack of fitting into a culture of professionalism. Consistently late because I'm choosing to do other things-- one more question with a pateint about her emotional health, one more page in the book I'm reading about politics of humanitarianism, one more dish to wash, one more min with my kid.
I'm a super good organizer, listener, passionate, intellectual. I'm below average at dressing like a doctor
Made M&M pancakes with kiddo. M&Ms make everything super awesome.
I have been meeting a few really smart, political, compassionate people who want to enter into medicine. & I have a hard time giving advice. Yes, can be rad. I've seen a few amazing radicals like Sarah succeed without seeming to be crushed. I wonder how she does it, cuz it's really amazing to witness her succeed from afar. Maybe I'm just prone to be crushed? Or maybe the dual combo of single mama and medicine leads to greater likelihood of crushing? I want artist/activist/community folks to be doctors, but I want them to feel OK when/if the crushing comes. I try to provide a balance of optimism and reality so reflecting back, they can say that they had entered with full informed consent. I really want folks like Charlie to enter into medicine! But I want folks to leave medical training with dignity and souls intact.
I have survived a lot of suck and criticism from my training. Overall positive feedback, but all I can hear ringing is the negative stuff that centers around my lack of fitting into a culture of professionalism. Consistently late because I'm choosing to do other things-- one more question with a pateint about her emotional health, one more page in the book I'm reading about politics of humanitarianism, one more dish to wash, one more min with my kid.
I'm a super good organizer, listener, passionate, intellectual. I'm below average at dressing like a doctor
Made M&M pancakes with kiddo. M&Ms make everything super awesome.