10/12/2021 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.
9/30/2021 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).
9/9/2021 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?
8/24/2021 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.
8/4/2021 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.
7/22/2021 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.
7/7/2021 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.
6/21/2021 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.
