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Interfacing with the medical community as a gay South Asian physician, mother and patient lends itself challenges, but also a unique perspective that can change the heteronormative culture of medicine.
The COVID-19 global pandemic has disrupted research and restricted travel, threatening valuable research opportunities for early-career researchers. Support networks are critical to help overcome the challenges of relocation during this time.
Transition from a Fellow to an Attending can be challenging; these challenges can be amplified for women, especially at a new institution. Here are lessons I learnt that might help others with improving this transition.
Think of which expression you use: ‘cirrhotic patient’ or ‘a patient with cirrhosis’. Nurses will pick ‘a patient with cirrhosis’ because their training enables an intuitive understanding of the patient as a person — more emphasis on the person is needed.
Being a patient–scientist offers a unique perspective into the daily challenges of living with a disease, the quest to find a cure, and the need to expand the breadth of patient education.
Physician–scientists are uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between practising clinicians and biomedical scientists, but many challenges threaten this career path.