Anyone who knows me well is aware of how seriously I take new year’s resolutions. I think the origin of this is pretty pathetic: growing up...

Genmedmom here. Anyone who practices medicine knows that sooner or later, we all screw up. Mistakes can be big or small, can result in har...

Has anyone ever gotten this kind of call from daycare/school before?  (I am sure  someone has...) Yesterday I was nearing the end of my c...

I used to think that I was drawn to hospice practice because I wasn't one of those doctors that had to fix everything. I'm comfortab...

This summer, my three kids spent several weeks with my parents in their home in Connecticut.  For the kids, this is an amazing time when t...

1. That tired drinking out of a firehose analogy...unfortunately true. I remember being appalled when I read that med students study multipl...

Hello! I'm Jay. I've been hanging out here and commenting for a long time. I used to blog on Two Women Blogging (don't go lookin...

I am a 31-year-old, hospital-based speech therapist in TX who will apply to medical school in 2016. As a newlywed several years ago, we fo...

Well, I have done it.  After years of considering this, I have made the decision to hire a cleaning lady.  I have always felt perfectly capa...

Foremothers? Maybe it's not even a word. I was trying to find a term like forefathers. I often think about the women who have come bef...

Hello! Being a father not interested in medical school makes me a somewhat non-traditional reader I imagine. I am ultimately writing for...

Instead of doing notes this weekend I: made a fall collage with Zo using leaves and clippings from free magazines went on a date nig...

This past week was pure chaos. Our nanny of three weeks did not show up Monday morning. Nor did she show up Tuesday or Wednesday. It is now ...

Mothers in Medicine! I am seeking your advice/expertise on the difficult subject of how to treat pregnant residents. A little background: I ...

Welcome to our MiM Topic Week! Posts from regular contributors and readers will be spread out over the next week. We hope you will join us i...