Gregory Shumer, MD
Gregory Shumer is a family medicine resident.
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Medical education
There comes a time in most people’s training when adversity threatens to become overwhelming and swallow them whole. It could be as a medical student, while spending countless hours in the library or when on demanding rotations. Or, it could…
There comes a time in most people’s training when adversity threatens to become overwhelming and swallow them whole. It could be as a medical student, while spending countless hours in the library or when on demanding rotations.
Or, it could be during residency, from the 80-hour work weeks or the stressful patient care situations. It might even happen well into training, when the weekly grind just becomes too much. Burnout, generally …
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This doctor never gave up. And look where he is today.
Physician voices
BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP ... I pressed a button to silence my pager and rose groggily from the bed in the on-call room. I hadn’t truly been asleep, just catching a quick rest between pages. It was 2 a.m. I…
BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP … I pressed a button to silence my pager and rose groggily from the bed in the on-call room. I hadn’t truly been asleep, just catching a quick rest between pages. It was 2 a.m. I was 19 hours into my shift and, from the looks of the page, there was a new patient ready for admission to our family medicine inpatient service. I picked up the …
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Thank you for your humanity: A resident night float story
Medical education
I am four months into my third year of medical school. The third year is the first clinical year, when students spend most of their time in the hospital, interacting with patients and working as part of the medical team.…
I am four months into my third year of medical school. The third year is the first clinical year, when students spend most of their time in the hospital, interacting with patients and working as part of the medical team.
Our deans told us at the beginning of the year that we would be talking with patients more than anyone else on the medical team; we would serve as advocates for our …
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