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By Johanna Shapiro, PhD
Other emotions seem easier to acknowledge – stress resulting from the burdens of constant studying, examinations, and evaluations; moral outrage and righteous anger at institutional and societal injustices; anxiety and depression arising from “imposter syndrome,” the sense that one doesn’t belong, isn’t good enough to be in medical school. But how does grief factor in?
Read MoreBy Darrell Phillips, Kortni Ferguson, and Priya Roy
And it’s an active exercise to remind yourself of who you are and what you value. Sometimes you have to check in with yourself and ask: What are my values when it comes to being a physician? And do I have to be the physician who discovers the next big thing? Or is it okay to say, “I want to be a physician, and that’s enough. I don’t have to be Physician of the Year.”
Read MoreBy Pamela Wible, MD
I’ve become a sideline specialist in medical student and physician suicide. Why? Mostly because I can’t stop asking why. Why both classmates I dated in medical school died by suicide. Why we lost three doctors in town to suicide. Why my cell phone feels like a suicide hotline. Why I’ve received hundreds of letters from suicidal doctors and medical students.
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