on the 'deceptive income of physicians'

"Physicians spend about 40,000 hours training and over $300,000 on their education, yet the amount of money they earn per hour is only a few dollars more than a high school teacher."

Source: http://benbrownmd.wordpress.com/

Not that this affected my decision to do medicine in the first place (I truly and completely love what I do, and would totally do it for free if I didn't have to worry about anything), but this article from Dr. Ben Brown is definitely a good one to show those people who complain doctors make too much :P

Also, interesting stats about physician compensation and satisfaction in 2012: from Medscape

I'm going to try to write more often now, regardless of how coherent it is. I realize a large reason I sometimes find myself struggling to find words is that I'm not using them as much as I would like. No practicing, no fluidity. Lets try to change that, shall we? :)

teachers

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I realized I have a really soft spot for really smart, dorky people who are good TEACHERS. And by good teachers, I mean people who can challenge you to think on your own, but not in a way that is condescending or intimidating. People are smart and who love to share their knowledge with you in a way that breaks it down, is very understandable, and doesn't discriminate based on background knowledge. People who give you a chance to show your abilities. When they teach, they teach to everyone, because everyone should have a fair chance to learn (especially as a team!). They are willing to tolerate mistakes as long as you learn from them. And what enables them to be good teachers is that above all, they don't brag. They are HUMBLE, and that humility shines through.

Sigh. Hopefully one day I can be like that

relevant

on work life balance: from the NYTimes 

on end of life care: how doctors die