Loretta Cody, MD
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Medical education
Intro My son is presently in his second year of internal medicine residency. When he was about to enter medical school, my older son thought it might be interesting for this "about to become a doctor" and his mother, "a…
Intro
My son is presently in his second year of internal medicine residency. When he was about to enter medical school, my older son thought it might be interesting for this “about to become a doctor” and his mother, “a long-time doctor,” to have a conversation about the journey. I realize now after transcribing and editing our conversations that this was much more than my life as a pediatrician; it was …
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Lessons from a pediatrician in conversation with her son
Conditions and diseases
Being a doctor is hard. Becoming a doctor is hard. The hours are tough. The days are tiring, and the nights are tiring. Missed holidays with family are difficult. The exhaustion is palpable. The insecurity in your ability is real.…
Being a doctor is hard.
Becoming a doctor is hard.
The hours are tough.
The days are tiring,
and the nights are tiring.
Missed holidays with family are difficult.
The exhaustion is palpable.
The insecurity in your ability is real.
The sadness about sick patients is human.
It seems obvious that it might become overwhelming.
What happens when you are faced with this?
Reach out.
Reach out to anyone and everyone.
Years ago, as an intern in pediatrics, the hours, fatigue, and on-call …
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The ceramic tree that got me through residency
Physician voices
What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? Is there anything learned or reinforced? For me, it was a life-changing experience both personally and professionally when I became the patient. My story began on New Year's Eve. I had been…
What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? Is there anything learned or reinforced? For me, it was a life-changing experience both personally and professionally when I became the patient.
My story began on New Year’s Eve. I had been feeling dizzy associated with some chest pain and was scheduled to have a stress echo at my local hospital to make sure all was OK (of course it would be OK, …
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Surviving ventricular tachycardia: What I learned as a patient
Physician voices
As a pediatrician, I spent many years in a busy, at times hectic, mostly enjoyable practice before retiring and segueing into teaching. Now as an adjunct professor in pediatrics, I aspire to help future health care workers pursue a career…
As a pediatrician, I spent many years in a busy, at times hectic, mostly enjoyable practice before retiring and segueing into teaching. Now as an adjunct professor in pediatrics, I aspire to help future health care workers pursue a career in pediatrics.
I have often asked myself: Have I missed anything about the day-to-day of practicing pediatrics?
My answer was what I truly missed were the interactions I had with the children: …
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From pediatrics to geriatrics: How treating children prepared me for dementia care
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