Dr. Bookworm discusses why it's okay to show affection to your kids. Yes, even on social media.
All in Doctorly Musings
Dr. Bookworm discusses why it's okay to show affection to your kids. Yes, even on social media.
Dr. Bookworm discusses the learning curve of reading and Little Lion's experience.
Dr. Bookworm discusses the legacy that a physician leaves behind in the wake of her unexpected death.
What happens when hospitals are demolished? Where do the stories of the ones who have lived and died there go?
Dr. Bookworm muses on 'Doctor Burnout' and what the gift of ME time can do to lessen a physician's load.
Dr. Bookworm talks about visiting her daughter at the cemetery and certain trends that she's noticed.
"My mommy guilt comes in the form of cemetery visits. "
Dr. Bookworm discusses National Poetry Month and some of her favorite poems. She also shares a few (unedited) poems.
On Doctors' Day, Dr. Bookworm shares what draws her to both medicine and writing together.
Dr. Bookworm discusses the death of children's book writer Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and also Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air.
Dr. Bookworm reviews a classic, The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston, in honor of Women in History Month.
Dr. Bookworm shares a Writers' Workshop piece written and illustrated by Little Lion that discusses her big (little) sister. Posted with her permission.
Dr Bookworm discusses Proposition 187 and why doctors (and teachers) should NOT have mandatory reporting of undocumented immigrants.
Dr. Bookworm talks about what National Women Physician's Day means to her.
Dr. Bookworm talks about her experience with sexual harassment as a medical student.
Dr. Bookworm muses about her imaginative daughter.
Dr. Bookworm talks about Project Macy--a creative calendar countdown as way of getting through a difficult month.
Dr. Bookworm reminisces about Gross Anatomy and January in Boston as a first year medical student.
Dr. Bookworm talks about a family tradition in the Bookworm household and about making new traditions. They both involve celebrating Macy while acknowledging that grief is tough.
I had to fill out an application recently for hospital privileges. Itβs been a while since I had to apply for a job and though I revised my resume before I sent it into my current office, itβs quite another thing to actually fill out an application. Why? Because thereβs an interesting section that asks you to explain any time gaps in education or career. All three of mine relate to motherhood.