Compassion Fatigue

The Disney movie Encanto and kids staying from school has Dr. Eric Cadesky thinking about the weight of unrealistic expectations that are placed on those in privileged helping positions.

Many had one question: Why wasn't he the one shoveling the driveway in the freezing Winnipeg weather?

Dr. Hyewon Hyun, radiologist and nuclear medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston—with a personal interest in art—realized there were similarities between her examinations of medical imaging and fine art.

For today’s sanity saver, we offer up a short list of things that make medicine feel worthwhile on days when it doesn’t always.

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Dr. Melanie Bechard, an emergency pediatric specialist, shares her story about how yoga changed the way that she lives her life as a doctor.

Dr. Ginevra Mills, a reproductive specialist, tells us why self care matters particularly for physicians compared to other professions.

Second-year medical student Emma Anderson gives us tips on self care for both during and after medical school.

After working overtime without much time off since the beginning of the pandemic, nurse Agathe Vezina said the latest measure feels like a slap to healthcare employees.

Medicine needs three things to survive, argues Dr. Shawn Whatley: civility, logic and free speech.