Career Move: Your Family Will Thank You Later
One evening after a exhausting clinic day, I was again the last parent to pick up my two boys from daycare. My husband was working late, so I was on my own. We drove home and I fed and bathed my littles entirely on autopilot. They splashed like Shamu in their bubble bath, giggling as […]
Editor’s Corner: Let’s Burn Bright Instead of Burnout
A Letter from our Co-Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Amber Robins: Dear Reader, This week I had a plan: I would focus on myself and what I want to do with my life. I know this is a BIG thing to do and led to lots of introspective thoughts. But I wanted to be sure that each step […]
Daring Greatly: Vulnerability, Courage and Shame in Medicine
In health care, we are hardwired to do all we can to minimize error and avoid failure. The journey of training and practicing medicine rests on the premise of perfection. And yet, perfectionism and shame are thought to be the two sides of the same coin. As clinicians, we have the privilege of interacting with […]
Editor’s Corner: Why We Created the Women in White Coats Heroes Award
A letter from our Co-Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Archana Shrestha, MD, MS, FACEP. Dear Reader, As we open up voting for the Women in White Coats Hero of the Year Award, I take pause to reflect on why this award is so important. The simple reason we put together this award is because we have been very impressed […]
Eight Wellness Favorites For Women Doctors
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Happy New Year, to our fellow Women in White Coats! With the new year comes a chance for a fresh start and many of us set resolutions to make wellness, self-care and fitness a bigger priority in life. With that in mind we have put together a list […]
Fellow Women Docs, Live for your Own Sake
It’s OK to want a life you like just for your own sake. I’m a firm believer that when you have your life right, it improves the experience of those with whom you interact. Your patients will notice. Your partner will appreciate it. Your kids will feel it. However, you don’t have to use others […]
Women in White Coats Turns ONE YEARS OLD!
Today, the Women in White Coats Blog turns ONE YEARS OLD!!! When we launched our book “The Chronicles of Women in White Coats” back in May of 2018, we knew there were many more stories to be told and that Women in White Coats was more than a book, that it was a movement. And that was the impetus for the Women in White Coats Blog. We wanted to keep the conversation alive and create […]
Putting on My First White Coat
White Coat Ceremony. This ceremony is a time of celebration that symbolizes the beginning. Many doctorate programs have white coat ceremonies which include dental and medical school. Each of these fields designate the white coat ceremony as the beginning to a new life and as an introduction to your area of study. I had my white coat ceremony almost 10 years […]
“Throwing My Life Away” Was the Best Decision I Ever Made
As medical students, we are trained to anticipate the next step, being a resident. As a resident, we are placed on track to know that there are offices, hospitals, clinics, etc that need us. The position is waiting; you just have to fall in line and find the right one. But what if how you […]
Med Student Memoirs: My Expectation Hangover
It was my first day of undergrad and the feeling of pride and excitement were overwhelming. I was thrilled, I was going to be the first in my family to earn a college degree. I checked my email several times a day, and being that it was the first day of college, I figured I’d […]
