This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Read our disclosure for more info. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2659558 Why is this article important? Per the ACGME, depression and suicide rates among physicians is 1.41 times higher than the general population in men and 2.27 times higher in women. This article looks at the increases in depressive sym

There’s a moment in training that almost everyone experiences—but very few people talk about. It’s the moment where you look around and feel like everyone else has figured it out. They seem faster, more confident, more decisive. They present smoothly, make plans quickly, and move through the department in a way that feels just out of reach. And quietly, almost without realizing it, you start to wonder if you’re behind.

Monday, March 12, 2018 was probably the single most devastating day of my life. When I received that email in my inbox stating I didn’t match, I hoped to god I was stuck in a bad dream. But the days ticked by like clockwork and I knew that this was my new reality. I ran the whole gamut of emotions during Match Week from denial, betrayal, indignation, shame, humiliation, self-loathing, to finally acceptance, understanding, gratitude, and peace. I hope that by sharing my person

The match process for physicians is one of the most stressful and complicated parts of medical training. It can feel like years of hard work culminating into one email. One of our SheMD #girlbosses Amanda Ederle visits the blog today to talk about the experience of not matching into a position and how to move from there. This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Read our disclosur

There is something undeniably powerful about a White Coat Ceremony. The room is full—families, mentors, faculty, and a group of students standing on the edge of something enormous. There’s pride. There’s excitement. And if we’re being honest… there’s also a quiet undercurrent of doubt. Am I ready for this? Do I belong here?

Nearly 5 years into practice, I have negotiated my first contract, multiple pay increases, call compensation, and independent contractor status. I prepared by researching my market value and reading about negotiation strategy. The following are some points I have learned along the way. If you negotiate in medicine, you may feel like the only one. Over the years, my mid-career colleagues confided that they have not received a single pay increase, only the occasional pay cu

This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Read our disclosure for more info. It doesn’t matter how many times I prepared myself for the moment. It doesn’t matter that I told all my friends and family to understand that there is a real possibility I might not receive the email that we were all hoping for. There was still a part of me, probably bigger than I realized at the time, that

When I was presented with the opportunity to write a piece for SheMD, I was immediately excited to sign up for the task. My husband knows this well, he has heard me say it for only the last 10 years or so: I want to write. I really want to write. I want to write about so many different things. And with the exception of grade school poetry, college term papers, the occasional essay exam question, and one review article I had published in 2006 in a medical journal, I have nev

As Editor of SheMD, I'm sharing my story of #PhysicianInfertility, because we have to start the conversation. We have to talk about the fact that we, female physicians, have INCREASED rates of infertility. Physician infertility isn't something we learn about in medical school. We learn about physician infertility when we become the patient, when it may be too late. My fertility journey is not typical.  I have not spent years “trying”. In fact, I have spent years trying NOT

This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Read our disclosure for more info. In medicine, there is an added pressure among female physicians to be “strong.” To work extra hard as a physician (while also being a perfect “mom,” “wife,” or “daughter” outside the hospital), and to exhibit resiliency when faced with micro aggressions and inequality in the workplace. Yet, even after years