by Jeremy Topin | Jul 30, 2017 | Balance, End of life, End of Life Care, Medical Education, Medicine
“This was published first in the Washington Post electronically on 7/29/2017 and will come out in print this Tuesday. Click here for the link. The comments so far in the paper have overall been quite emotional and angry in their response. I am happy to...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 20, 2017 | Balance, Burnout, Healthcare Reform, Medical
Uncertainty. In particular, diagnostic uncertainty, would keep me awake at night, early in my career as a freshly minted critical care doctor. Patients who deteriorated without explanation or haziness on CT Scans without an identified cause, fanned the flames of my...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 17, 2017 | Balance, Parenting, Teenager
You were closer to one year of age than two. Our family just three. Between surviving a combined internal medicine and pediatrics internship for me and navigating your young world for your mom, our days were challenging. But the nights. Those endless nights. As the...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 2, 2017 | Balance, Change, Medical Education, Medicine
July is just around the corner. For hospitals it’s a dynamic time. A changing of the guard. Graduating residents moving on and new interns, fresh out of medical school with their clean and crisp long white coats, moving in. Out with the old, in with the new. The ICU...