I am thrilled to share this powerful essay by physician mom K. Hope Wilkinson. In "I'd Rather Be Dead", published in the Octob...

I learned a beautiful new word this week - exceptionality I am on my community health rotation. One of the best parts of being a resident ...

I walk by the closed double doors and frosty windows of the ICU. You’re lying in there, intubated. It feels weird to go to work now. I can...

Intern Year Recap As my kids end school and I start power- reading to get ready to be a 2nd year resident, I want to take a chance to reca...

My whole life is organized into boxes. (ie, my blog name). I like to compartmentalize, keep work and home life separate, keep public me and ...

Life is going pretty great for Team Kicks. Baby is almost 4 months old and is a complete joy. He has a sweet easygoing temperament and *usu...

I am now several months into intern year. The first few weeks... months... of intern year almost seemed like a daze. Wake up. Work. Ea...

I cannot believe it has been so many months since a post. A quick update... 1) Biking to work is so unbelievable. When we moved across the...

Baby's official due date is 4 days away. We are as ready as we are going to be. The hospital bag is packed. The date night(s) have ...

Hello everyone - I joined this blog so hopefully I would remember to take a moment to reflect on my experiences and have the chance to learn...

Dear Mothers in Medicine, I've been following your blog for a couple of years now, and every single post has worked for me as an inspi...

Hi! I am so excited to join this community. I have been following since applying to medical school 6 years ago and now, med school and 2 kid...

Genmedmom here. Let's talk about sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, and disability, and being judged by those things, in the wor...

Hello MiM community, It has been awhile since my last blog post. I graduated residency in June and I am currently in month 3 (where has th...

Hi, I've been a lurker on the Mothers in Medicine blog for awhile, and let me just say, the stories and posts have been so comforting ...

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...

* DISCLAIMER: I meant to post this back in June as I finished residency but it got put aside as I filled out my umpteenth credentialing app...

Hello all, I was a huge fan of this forum as a woman in medicine, and now I am a brand new mother to a sweet 1 month old baby girl. I h...

Hi, I just started a 3 year residency program, and I'm feeling desperately close to quitting. In fact, if it weren't for the huge fi...

This morning I walked into my final official overnight call shift of residency. It is surreal to think that just 3 years ago, I began reside...