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…
Despite travelling by plane a LOT, it wasn’t until my second year as an attending that I got the frantic, “Is there a doctor on board?!” call. I was napping fitfully on an early morning flight but was jolted awake…
As we searched for jobs out of residency, we found collaborative frustration in that we could not easily find transparent information from the large community emergency physician (EP) groups (TeamHealth, Schumacher, Envision, Vituity, USACS) regarding parental leave policies and benefits….
Have you ever…? Worked alone when 7 unrestrained passengers of a MVC arrive by 2 ambulances, unannounced, for assessment and care? Worked a 12 hr shift, gone home for 3 hrs, been called back to transfer a woman in labour,…
You are enough. You are unbelievably enough. You are wonderfully, unashamedly, brilliantly, enough. These words may seem completely ridiculous to read (if so, you should try typing them!). But just take a second to stop and think how often you…
I come by many things in my life naturally—my stubbornness, my red hair, and my career. I am very fortunate. Unlike many I am the daughter of a female emergency physician. This is something I never really considered while growing…
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three part series. Evaluations show conflict related to gender, but do those conflicts occur in our clinical practice? Decidedly YES! As a resident running a code, I learned to swaddle my commands for…
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three part series. How do these gender roles play a part in medicine? First, our specialties in medicine can be characterized as more “agentic” vs “communal”. For example, communal specialties are ones…
By FemInEMs, for FemInEMs
Amy Walsh, MDP MD 
Devjani Das, MD 
Adaira Chou, MD 
Michelle Finkel, MD 
Angela Jarman, MD 
Breanne Jacobs, MD, MA 
Clare Johnson, MD 
Andrea McGowan, BScN, RN, CNE 
Katherine Gridley, BSc MBBS PGCertAeromed 
Kathleen Stephanos MD, FAAEM 
Melissa Parsons, MD 
Dr. Rebecca Barron 
