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Abigail Hankin-Wei, MD Staring Down the Impossible
“It seems like you’re telling me that there have only been a few people who have succeeded, and you’re saying that I really won’t be able to follow any of the paths that led to their success.” This statement summed…
Sponsored: Listen to The Voice Inside You
T. Hayden Dietz, DO I hear voices. Little voices that whisper in my ear when I’m feeling uncertain, insecure, or inadequate. “Spread your wings and fly,” let your light shine, “raise your hand,” and “sit at the table.” These are…
Wendy Woolley, DO Words With Wendy – “Doing Harm” Book Review
Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick is one of the most eye-opening books that I’ve cracked open recently. Maya Dusenbery does a great job at sharing perspectives that had me…
Rob Oelhaf, MD Here’s an actual Big and Bright Idea: Salary Transparency in Medicine
Letter to the Editor of FemInEM: Regarding: Big and Bright Ideas section of Dallas Medical Journal, vol. 104, no. 9 Madam Editor: Some commentary in the Big and Bright Ideas section of this edition of the Journal has attracted a…
Esther Choo, MD, MPH 
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Dara Kass, MD Does Every Opinion Matter?: Antiquated Views on Women, the Persistent Gender Compensation Gap, and The Conversations that Will Lead to Meaningful Progress
The pay gap between men and women has been a subject of interest recently, particularly in 2018 reports by Doximity and Medscape. Notably, the gap favors men, is not explained by obvious factors such as hours worked or choice of…
Utsha Khatri, MD A Call To Action: Asylum Evaluations and the Emergency Medicine Physician
As emergency medicine physicians, we are uniquely trained to examine and evaluate for both physical and psychiatric evidence of trauma. We examine and treat patients who present with injuries from both accidental and non-accidental trauma on daily basis. Our emergency…
Anne Merritt, MD Light through Marble Veins
Emergency medicine offers a window into people’s lives at some of their most vulnerable moments. As I rush from the trauma bay to a resuscitation to an overflowing waiting room, I am no longer acutely aware of this. The raw…
Emergency Medicine: Can a Sizzling Hot Specialty Burn You to a Crisp?
The Medscape National Physician Burnout and Depression Report is out, and the news is not happy. Forty-two percent of (physician) respondents reported burnout, and 15 percent acknowledged feeling depressed. According to the study, emergency physicians have some of the highest…
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