Errin Weisman, DO
Errin Weisman is a family physician and the creator, Doctor Me First Podcast.
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We hear the same stats all the time. Burnout. Alcoholism. Suicide. Divorce. When compared to the rest of the population, physicians are basically twice as prone to everything undesirable. And while medicine is strenuous regardless of gender, female physicians leave…
We hear the same stats all the time. Burnout. Alcoholism. Suicide. Divorce. When compared to the rest of the population, physicians are basically twice as prone to everything undesirable. And while medicine is strenuous regardless of gender, female physicians leave medicine at higher rates, largely because how we practice medicine was created by and for men (with stay-at-home wives).
But when I was on the …
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The silent pandemic: Why burnout disproportionately affects women
Physician voices
Medicine and dentistry are two professions that on paper seem to be rather similar. Both professions require extensive studying, grueling exams, and rigorous training. Both are experts at following procedures and guidelines, using evidence-based data and science to provide care…
Medicine and dentistry are two professions that on paper seem to be rather similar.
Both professions require extensive studying, grueling exams, and rigorous training. Both are experts at following procedures and guidelines, using evidence-based data and science to provide care to their patients to the highest possible standard. Patients trust us with their health because we are the experts. And we can all appreciate the responsibility of being the person our …
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Closing the professional gap: Get out of your professional niche and collaborate with others
Medical education
Think all the way back to your grade school years. Did you know that your personality traits were starting to be honed for the work you do today? Let me give you some examples about myself and see if you…
Think all the way back to your grade school years. Did you know that your personality traits were starting to be honed for the work you do today? Let me give you some examples about myself and see if you can relate.
I remember the praise and exhilaration of being the only kid in the class to get a 100 percent on an extremely difficult second-grade spelling test. My teacher told …
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The hidden curriculum of medicine
Physician voices
Hippocrates is quoted to have said, “Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.” But in today’s health care, is there still a love of medicine? Does our practice demonstrate a love of humankind? I must admit,…
Hippocrates is quoted to have said, “Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.” But in today’s health care, is there still a love of medicine? Does our practice demonstrate a love of humankind? I must admit, as a physician I don’t see us always exhibiting a love of medicine. And if we do not love medicine, are we also failing to love humankind?
Walk into any hospital …
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Where is the love in medicine?
Physician voices
I quit medicine. I was five months out of residency, and I was leaving medicine. I had dedicated my heart, soul, several years of my life along with weekends, holidays, special events, and my children’s first words to this honorable…
I quit medicine. I was five months out of residency, and I was leaving medicine. I had dedicated my heart, soul, several years of my life along with weekends, holidays, special events, and my children’s first words to this honorable profession. Medicine was never suppose to “just be” my job. It was suppose to be my calling, and it had betrayed me.
I was finally a full fledged physician, and I …
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This doctor quit medicine. It saved her life.
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