Ginevra Mills
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 11/15/2021
Health and education, not supply and demand
When parents want smaller classes or better school programming, there aren’t more teachers or schools built to accommodate. And, when everyone wants a second opinion, there just aren’t enough doctors to go around. - 11/4/2021
Running the show from across the country
Nothing quite says 'We missed you, Mommy' like, 'That’s not the way Daddy does it!' - 10/11/2021
The joy (and confusion) of post-training adult choices
I think anyone who pursues subspecialty training after residency would be lying if they said that they didn’t consider their eventual lifestyle when making the decision to prolong their medical education. - 9/29/2021
How to move across the country in 5 easy steps
In the past 11 years, I have now officially lived in four different provinces (and moved between five), all in the name of medical education (and my final staff “resting place” here in B.C). - 9/8/2021
When media and politics run a pandemic response
How much vaccine hesitancy and COVID conspiracy-theory propagation comes from the fact that most people don’t feel like they have reliable, trustworthy sources for their information? - 8/23/2021
The call of the West
As I move into my career as a staff physician, I hope I remember to prioritize time for myself to connect with the very parts of life that make me whole. - 8/3/2021
When physicians need medical care
Like most busy physicians, I don’t often take care of myself the way I should. For many years I have “tolerated” an issue that really needed to be managed appropriately. - 7/21/2021
The unexpected benefits of the one-two punch
I almost didn't make it to class that night . . . He threw punches right at my face. I kept my hands up to protect myself, but it took all my strength to stop the blows. I focused every ounce of my attention on blocking his fists as they came barrelling towards me. He hit hard: He was the same height as me, but at least 50 pounds heavier—all muscle. - 7/6/2021
Vaccination's unwilling and unable
How do you manage the unvaccinated people in your life? In my life, I have two distinctly different “categories” of unvaccinated people; the unable and then unwilling. I can’t decide which group frustrates me more. - 6/20/2021
Virtual meeting burnout, anyone?
To say that I am sick and tired of virtual meetings and conferences would be a vast understatement. In fact, I think the most appropriate classification would be that they are actually eroding my mental and physical wellbeing.
