Editor’s Note: A major professional challenge and how it was addressed. It is easy to say that it was the hardest case of my life. I was well along in the pregnancy of my first child and was on call at the worst trauma hospital in the city. The patient was a woman...
Editor’s Note: Valuable food for thought. There seems to be a lot of discussion about female orthopaedic residents and surgeons being mistaken for other health care professions such as nurses or physical therapists. This just doesn’t happen to me anymore or I don’t...
Editor’s Note: This account describes the self-injurious side of silence. As I mentally prepared for my residency, I was aware that I might experience sexual harassment from my instructors. As a PGY I and II, I wasn’t prepared for it coming from a senior orthopaedic...
