<span itemprop="author">Maureen Gibbons, MD

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The emotional toll of empathy in emergency medicine

Emergency medicine is a career defined by its urgency, unpredictability, and intense human connection. But for those of us who work in the emergency department, it’s also a career shaped by the weight of the people we’ve cared for—the ones …

Rethinking shift work: Why “job sharing” is the key to happier, healthier doctors

In the realm of shift-based health care, the term “job sharing” doesn’t technically exist—after all, shifts aren’t a single continuous job to split. Yet, still, a full-time workload is considered the norm, and the concept of div…