At the end of my first year of fellowship, I felt like I had completed a whirlwind tour of pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM). After twelve intense months spent mostly on inpatient rotations, I felt well prepared to continue to hone my skills as an inpatient...
“Can everyone see my screen?” I wait for someone to politely reply to the faceless voice coming through the speakers while I sorted through some e-mails that accumulated during the morning. After several seconds of long silence a hesitant “yes” echoes back to the...
As a PCCM educator and leader, we have a responsibility to stand up for our colleagues, our trainees, our patients, and ourselves. First, we need to understand the terms involved to know that we are all speaking the same language. In our upcoming workshop at the...
“I don’t think of all the misery, but all the beauty that remains.” – Anne Frank As a fellow in the intensive care unit (ICU), sometimes it’s hard to see the beauty through the misery. The misery of my patients, their families, the nurses, fellow trainees and...
“As I walked into my empty apartment one evening after a vigorous day in the COVID-ICU, I pondered over the idea of calling my wife. She had just started her night shift at the COVID unit in her hospital, so I resolved to a simple text ‘Call me when free’. As...
