A common proverb teaches that, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Medicine is a world where people are well-intended. Yet they fail to change a system that is broken and continues to produce burned out, depressed, and suicidal doctors. We can see their final destination, look back, and realize that we helped pave the road that carried them to that destination.
Today, I want to hammer home the purpose of this site and how I am trying to reshape this road our doctors travel. This is why I write. This is my purpose.
The well-intentioned
Imagine a world in which a young person decides to pursue a noble profession. All the while, they sacrifice their 20’s to chase after an altruistic calling. This is the plight of doctors in training.
We consistently miss weddings, funerals, concerts, kids’ soccer games, and family dinners. We have secondary PTSD from pediatric hangings, women dying just after giving birth to their child, and the patient diagnosed with terminal cancer whose family blames the doctor.
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