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The Care and Feeding of Your Nocturnist: A Field Guide for Diurnals
August 12, 2025
By Someone Who Regrets Writing This at 3:12 a.m. It is a curious feature of modern medical ecosystems that diurnal creatures—those brisk, tie-wearing types or business casual disciples of...
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The ABCs of Hospitalist Leadership in Graduate Medical Education: Advancing Care, Building Community, and Creating Opportunity
July 31, 2025
As we celebrated National Hospitalist Day 2025 and reflect on this year’s theme—the ABCs of Hospitalists’ impact—Advancing care, Building community, and Creating opportunity—it is fitting...
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The Love in Medicine
July 31, 2025
The excitement of loving medicine stems from its unique blend of science, compassion, and problem-solving. Medicine is not merely a profession; it is a calling that intertwines the pursuit of...
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Different Spheres
July 31, 2025
Shana* was a young adult admitted for more than two weeks with a painful sickle cell episode when our team came on service. Even though I knew her from a previous admission, she was wary of so many...
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Going Home
July 31, 2025
She promised herself that this would be the last time, no matter what. She is tired and wants to go home. This is the visit that tipped the scale. Literally. That damn scale was the source of this...
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The Quarterback of Your Care Team
July 31, 2025
“He’s way too smart—he should’ve gone into fellowship.” That’s what an internal medicine resident said to me one weekend, referring to a colleague who had just signed on to join our...
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Room 12-240
July 31, 2025
“What’s the story?” I ask as I walk into room 12-240. I’ve done this dance so many times today in so many different rooms all over the tower. The patient I face now is unknown to me. Strands...
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The Primary Drivers of Burnout
July 30, 2025
I have read many essays on physician burnout over the years. However, I feel that the nail has yet to be hit directly on the head regarding this insidious scourge afflicting our profession. Most...
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Who Do You Trust?
July 30, 2025
In the Age of “Make America Healthy Again,” Universities Must Lead the Charge Against Health Misinformation It was a Tuesday morning on the Caltrain. A young woman sat across from me with her...
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Finding My Path in Inpatient Medicine: A Family Medicine Resident’s Reflection
June 25, 2025
My name is Mehran, and I’m currently transitioning into my second year as a family medicine resident at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I chose this specialty with a deep passion for...