Shouldering the experiences in medicine is both a burden and an honor

I’ve been a doctor for one year. Two years of clinical rotations in medical school ill-prepared me for the reality of this job. Not that I went to bad medical school by any means; working in health care is simply something you can’t learn from a textbook or even on the sidelines as a marginally involved medical student. It is immersive.

Working around death and dying individuals can be mentally and …

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