Account #28

Editor’s Note: An extraordinary story of resilience and its rewards. Military orders, an ice cream sundae with a cherry on top, and club feet. Here is how they came together to alter my life. As the first female physician trained in my chosen part of the military and...

Account #27

Solo and Solitary

Editor’s Note: The concepts of “solo” and “solitary” are worth considering as a career path is being chosen. The solo part: When I was growing up, I was always a first; first girl to play Little League, first 6th grader to play in the high school band, first woman...

Account #25

Career Enhancing Experiences

Editor’s Note: Here is an enlightened approach to improving the lives of a specific subset of orthopaedic patients. In the spirit of keeping this account relatively anonymous, many descriptive facts have been deleted. I trained in and practiced a “different”...

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Account #23

Crimes

Editor’s Note: A shocking and saddening account of events which should never happen. I was recently in the operating room with a second-year medical student who was interested in a career in orthopaedic surgery. She mentioned that she was surprised to learn that...