Melissa Welker, MD, MPH
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I keenly remember the day one of our partners said he was quitting as soon as possible (no new job lined up, no plan). His dad had died just days before, and he said he simply didn't know how to…
I keenly remember the day one of our partners said he was quitting as soon as possible (no new job lined up, no plan). His dad had died just days before, and he said he simply didn’t know how to keep going. He needed a break, and this was his way out.
For those in private practice, this story likely hits a nerve. Life happens. Physicians hurt and struggle, and often …
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The physician retention problem nobody wants to touch
Physician voices
It has been only two weeks since I realized the job I had was gone. As physicians, I think we have this idea of what our work will look like into the future. It is enshrined in pomp and circumstance…
It has been only two weeks since I realized the job I had was gone. As physicians, I think we have this idea of what our work will look like into the future. It is enshrined in pomp and circumstance from the start as we take an oath to “do no harm,” it’s encrusted with an unspoken culture of medicine that often asks us to give more than we thought …
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When death comes to your job: Grieving what was and moving on
Physician voices
There is something to the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty that I just love. Every time I hear the music, I feel the sky of possibility opening as a melancholy feeling simultaneously hits. And today, while finishing my…
There is something to the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty that I just love. Every time I hear the music, I feel the sky of possibility opening as a melancholy feeling simultaneously hits. And today, while finishing my ACLS recertification, I realized another reason why: Walter Mitty finally starts designing his way forward. And you can too.
While sitting in between cases, one of my partners asked me why …
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How prototyping your life can save medicine
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