House call doctor tools of the trade. I have since gotten another rolling bag. Over the last few years I have slowly been inching tow...

Career advice wanted I’m having a mid-residency crisis. I’m halfway into my three year family medicine residency, which means in a year an...

I'd love for advice on the topic below. Thanks MiM! I recently started my first attending job (anesthesiologist). I interviewed at man...

What was the worst thing anyone has ever said to you? I found the answer to that today. It was an eventful weekend. It's been about 2 ...

As I hang up my short white coat after my last clinical rotation of medical school, after the celebrations of commencement week subside ...

I wondered during undergrad if I could do medicine and "have a life". I didn't have a lot of first-hand contact with physicia...

T minus 8 months until I join the real world. I am now 4 months into my breast imaging fellowship. It's about that time I start lookin...

I didn’t want to do it again, but here I go retaking my Pediatric Boards. I can list all of the reasons why I was unsuccessful at my first a...

I am sure many of you have seen this recently published article about physician wage gender disparity in the New York Times . The origi...

I had my 90-day evaluation in my new position today. I left the clinic I was working in, one overrun by burnout and toxic management, in or...

Dear MiM, This is my first post, so I will introduce myself. Thank you so much to KC and all of you veteran MiMs for this opportunity. I...

Hi MiMs, I would first like to say thank you for sharing your stories and your day-to-day experiences and challenges of being mothers and ...

Dear MiM, I was first introduced to MiM 7 years ago when I was on the path to do a clinical psychology PhD and considering changing my car...

A lot has been written about mentorship. In medicine, we are often assigned mentors based on our clinical or research interests.  Sometimes...

I am an older mom to a one and only, fabulous, wonderful little boy. I had a career in human services before medical school. I completed my...

I woke up to the sounds of the birds chirping and then “Mommy!” as my almost 4-year old tried to start his day at 6:45am. Quick detour for a...

I have been following the response to Sir Tim Hunt’s incredibly sexist comments on women in science and thinking about how it relates to a...

Cutter’s excellent post and the comments to follow really got me thinking. What factors go into our thoughts about whether we would do it a...

Hello MiMers! I'm nearing the end of my Family Medicine residency and am struggling with the age-old question: To be or not to be?.......

I have searched but I cannot find the flying trapeze story I read a few years ago that explains my life, so I’ll paraphrase and add to i...