Sick Day Shame: A Swinging Pendulum
Academic Medicine Podcast
English - April 17, 2023 11:00 - 5 minutes - 12.3 MB - ★★★★ - 43 ratingsEducation Health & Fitness Medicine faculty learners storytelling education medicine physicians policy trainees Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The next time that I am unwell, I will take a real sick day—and I hope my colleagues, students, and resident physicians see it.
Kathryn Rampon reflects on the detrimental effects of physicians’ reluctance to take time off when ill.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the April 2023 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.