How medical training teaches doctors to be financially unhealthy

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[Take the F3 Assessment]( and find out where you’re at along the path to financial freedom. --------------------------------------------------------------- KevinMD Plus: Aug 30, 2021 [How medical training teaches doctors to be financially unhealthy]( I recently unearthed all my pay stubs from residency, including the first one — all $89.14 of it. When I received that check, I had just moved across the country after a grueling internship in Philadelphia, which left me physically and emotionally exhausted. I was staying in a motel, which I paid for with a [...] [Afghanistan, the Delta variant, and the limits of American short-term solutions]( In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to uphold its current Communist government. Opposed to the foreign invasion of their country, many rebel groups, collectively known as the Mujahideen, rose up in arms to fight the Soviets. Since it was the height of the Cold War, the American government saw an opportunity. 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Unfortunately, fundraising for scholarships was difficult for many organizations due to the pandemic despite more students seeking out scholarships. Luckily, more anonymous generous donors have helped the next generations of physicians in recent years, but what happens if you are not as [...] [Tomgirl and tomboy: Rethinking gender stereotypes]( One night my godson seeming anxious came to me and asked if there was such a thing as a “TomGirl”? He coined a term that addresses so many issues of our time. Questions about gender stereotypes and the negative idea of the word feminine. A few years back, based on this incident, I wrote a [...] [Asylum seekers: a snapshot from an American physician’s lens]( Despite the bright pink walls of its exterior, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility stands inconspicuously, set back along a stretch of a frequently traveled road. We had come to meet Carla (identifying information changed), a detainee seeking asylum whose lawyer had requested a medical evaluation from our medical student-run human rights clinic. The [...] [Medicine rewards self-sacrifice often at the cost of physician happiness]( We’ve all been told by a well-meaning friend, family member, or therapist, “You can’t care for others unless you care for yourself first.” Put your oxygen mask on first, blah blah. But in medical training, we repeatedly demonstrate that, unfortunately, you can provide great care for patients while neglecting yourself. Medicine rewards self-sacrifice and hard [...] [If Simone Biles were a doctor she would be vilified, not praised [PODCAST]]( “Just as Simone Biles has her detractors, there will always be physicians unable to empathize with their mentally ill colleagues, believing psychological struggles are a constant state of being human. 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