Category: Storytelling

"You are going to have to quit eating." "If your A1C indicates that you’ve been eating carbs, I won’t be able to continue treating you.” It is not hard to imagine the adverse outcomes for patients if these strategies were adopted to manage their diabetes. Like diabetes, opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic disease.… Continue reading Harm-reduction as a component of opioid use disorder management

“Go ahead and push the etomidate.” A few moments later, after administering the short-acting anesthetic and putting in a breathing tube, I toss the MAC blade away, listen for breath sounds, and give a thumbs-up to the intensivist peeking through the glass door. I came into residency scared, only because I thought I was supposed… Continue reading The Scariest Part of Residency

I am Haley Sykes, a junior at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. I am a Cell and Molecular Biology major with hopes of becoming a doctor one day. My twin sister, Kaley, also wants to become a doctor. This year we have had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer with the Graduate Medical Education… Continue reading A Pre-Med Student Discusses her Christmas Project