Physician Development: Growth Never Stops It was a hot August day. I walked into my first day of medical school orientation wearing shorts and a T-shirt, flanked by two roommates. One roommate I had known through all of undergrad, the other I met just a few days before through an old-fashioned “roommate needed” posting on […]
Medicine teaches us how to care for patients. We also need to learn how to care for ourselves. As a pediatrician, I am trained to monitor development. At well visits, we assess growth and milestones. We ask about speech, motor development, social engagement, and cognitive progress. When something is not progressing as expected, support is […]
