Aussies in New York
We touch down in NYC. My fellow Aussie, Dr Jess Ng, turns to ask what time it is. “6:30” I reply. She nods and starts packing up her things, then turns to me and questions, “Wait, am or pm?” It…
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We touch down in NYC. My fellow Aussie, Dr Jess Ng, turns to ask what time it is. “6:30” I reply. She nods and starts packing up her things, then turns to me and questions, “Wait, am or pm?” It…
Like many women on social media, I found myself infected by the viral #MeToo campaign last month. There were different textual variants circulating, but all asked that any woman who had ever been sexually assaulted or harassed post “Me, too”…
I was sitting in the large conference room, staring at my Oral Boards schedule for the day and doing last minute review of facts in my head that I easily forget—and then quickly realizing how dumb that is at this…
What would it take for me, a middle aged white guy with a keen interest in social media, to boycott Twitter for 24 hours? A couple of weeks ago I would have thought it would have taken an implosion of…
Even after all this time, the phone calls aren’t always easy to make. “Hi, Mrs. Smith, this is Dr. Kass at camp, don’t worry, everything is OK.” I usually get that out in one breath, then immediately transition to concrete…
I know that it has been a while since I’ve sat down to write a book review. It has been a while since I’ve been able to sit and finish a book. I’d like to take this opportunity to share…
We are so excited that the Resident Student Association (RSA) has sponsored two resident attendees to FIX2017! The scholarship application called the residents to write about a personal situation or important issue surrounding women in emergency medicine. Please enjoy the…
Editor’s Note: Last week Emergency Physicians Monthly published the response of three female emergency physicians to the Emergency Medicine News letter to the editor “Parenthood and Medicine, Each in Its Season.” We felt it was worth sharing here as well. Last…