- April 21, 2024
Rules of Engagement
- April 14, 2024
Creating the Schedule: Step 2
- April 07, 2024
Creating the Schedule: Step 1
- March 31, 2024
Transitions
- March 24, 2024
Getting to Know You (2024 Edition)
- March 17, 2024
Match Heaven
- March 10, 2024
Match #15
- March 03, 2024
A Ranking Reflection
- February 25, 2024
The Past and Future of Inpatient Education
- February 18, 2024
An Advice Potpourri
- February 11, 2024
Donut Time
- February 04, 2024
Introducing our Newest APD!
- January 28, 2024
When Something's Up
- January 21, 2024
Nice As We Can Be?
- January 14, 2024
Escaping our Over-Planned Lives
- January 07, 2024
Post Pandemic Fiction
- January 01, 2024
The Value of Open Doors (A New Year's Message)
- December 24, 2023
Working the Holiday Shift
- December 17, 2023
Good-Bye Overnight Call
- December 10, 2023
On Free Expression and Safety
- December 03, 2023
Smiles Everywhere
- November 23, 2023
Time to Be Grateful
- November 19, 2023
Let the Confidence Come
- November 12, 2023
Tell Me About Your Seniors
- November 05, 2023
Core Principles
- October 29, 2023
Let the Match Do its Work
- October 22, 2023
Breaking the Silence
- October 15, 2023
Why Yale 2023 Edition (Residents and Alumni Weigh In)
- October 08, 2023
Why Yale 2023 Edition
- October 01, 2023
All Recruitment All the Time
- September 24, 2023
The Place to Be
- September 17, 2023
Our Top Priority
- September 10, 2023
157 Hours
- September 03, 2023
Anything But Work
- August 27, 2023
Interview Time
- August 20, 2023
In Pursuit of Excellence (Bringing Out The Best)
- August 13, 2023
The ITE
- August 06, 2023
In Pursuit of Excellence (A Work in Progress)
- July 30, 2023
In Pursuit of Excellence (Time for a Break)
- July 23, 2023
In Pursuit of Excellence (Take Care of Yourselves)
- July 16, 2023
In Pursuit of Excellence (Knowing Things)
- July 09, 2023
In Pursuit of Excellence (Excellence Everywhere)
- July 02, 2023
In Pursuit of Excellence (Writing Notes)
- June 25, 2023
In Pursuit of Excellence (Prologue)
- June 18, 2023
Paul Beeson and a Week of Transition
- June 11, 2023
Full Bellies and Smiling Faces
- June 04, 2023
Graduation 2023!
- May 28, 2023
Thank you, Chiefs 2022-23
- May 21, 2023
An Award for Everyone
- May 14, 2023
Listen to Your Mother
- May 07, 2023
ACGME Survey Results
- April 30, 2023
MICU Top 10
- April 23, 2023
PD Vacation
- April 16, 2023
How We Make the Schedules
- April 09, 2023
Pain and Hope
- April 01, 2023
More New Interns!
- March 26, 2023
Getting to Know You 2023
- March 19, 2023
Celebrating the Match
- March 11, 2023
Notes on 60
- March 04, 2023
Safety in the Absence of Danger
- February 25, 2023
Why I Do This
- February 18, 2023
Welcome Transfers!
- February 11, 2023
A Leadership Acrostic
- February 04, 2023
Bigger and Better
- January 28, 2023
The Wellness Chronicles (The Measure of Success)
- January 21, 2023
The Wellness Chronicles (Our Core Mission)
- January 14, 2023
The Wellness Chronicles (The Pillars of Self-Care)
- January 07, 2023
The Wellness Chronicles
- December 31, 2022
A Year of Open Doors (A New Year's Message)
- December 24, 2022
Holiday Gifts
- December 17, 2022
On the Fight for Human Rights in Iran
- December 10, 2022
COVID Got Me
- December 03, 2022
A Magical Day
- November 23, 2022
Grateful for You
- November 19, 2022
The Metamorphosis of an Intern
- November 12, 2022
On Professionalism Lapses
- November 06, 2022
The Lessons of Dr. Duffy
- October 30, 2022
On Match Integrity and Post-Interview Communications
- October 23, 2022
Why Yale (2022 Edition)
- October 16, 2022
Your Final Grade (The Last Installment of The Feedback Series)
- October 09, 2022
Constructive Feedback
- October 02, 2022
Here Come the Applicants
- September 25, 2022
An Appreciation, Short and Sweet
- September 18, 2022
Feedback for Friends
- September 11, 2022
Three Kinds of Feedback
- September 04, 2022
The Feedback Series
- August 28, 2022
Stop, Think, and Prioritize
- August 21, 2022
Progress Notes
- August 14, 2022
Vacation To Do List
- August 07, 2022
Knowing Things (Preparing for the ITE)
- July 31, 2022
Evidence Based Rounds
- July 24, 2022
On Efficiency
- July 17, 2022
47 Letters!
- July 10, 2022
Thanks for Teaching Me
- July 03, 2022
A Summer Collection
- June 26, 2022
No Time for Despair
- June 19, 2022
On the Start of Internship
- June 12, 2022
Circle Game
- June 05, 2022
Eyes, Ears, and Voices (A Note of Gratitude to the Traditional Chiefs)
- May 29, 2022
Fred Kantor, An Appreciation
- May 22, 2022
Stepping Away
- May 15, 2022
So This is What Burnout Looks Like
- May 08, 2022
On Mother's Day
- May 01, 2022
The Limits of Autonomy
- April 24, 2022
Big Plans
- April 17, 2022
Celebrating Hope
- April 10, 2022
Knowing Things
- April 01, 2022
The Kaduka Center
- March 27, 2022
Getting to Know You 2022
- March 20, 2022
The Match!
- March 12, 2022
Comings and Goings (welcoming Drs. Bazan and Gupta and good-bye to Dr. Sankey)
- March 05, 2022
The Challenge of Gratitude
- February 26, 2022
On the Violence in Ukraine
- February 19, 2022
Do As I Say
- February 12, 2022
Match Myths
- February 05, 2022
135 Days
- January 29, 2022
Choosing the Chiefs
- January 22, 2022
The New Normal
- January 15, 2022
The Time is Always Right
- January 08, 2022
A COVID Update
- December 31, 2021
Hope is Ours to Make
- December 25, 2021
Physician as Advocate
- December 18, 2021
Notes on a December Weekend
- December 11, 2021
On Competence
- December 04, 2021
A Program Report Card
- November 24, 2021
The Challenge of Gratitude (A Thanksgiving Message)
- November 20, 2021
Feedback as an Antidote for Depression
- November 13, 2021
Follow the Science?
- November 07, 2021
Words and Action
- October 31, 2021
On Masks
- October 24, 2021
Test Scores
- October 17, 2021
Invitation Day
- October 10, 2021
Notes from Montreal
- October 03, 2021
Time to Come Together
- September 26, 2021
The Limits of Transparency
- September 19, 2021
A Fresh Pair of Eyes
- September 12, 2021
What's the Deal with MedHub?
- September 05, 2021
Labor of Love
- August 29, 2021
Uncertainty and Risk
- August 22, 2021
I Don't Do Anger
- August 15, 2021
The Presentation Series (The Plan)
- August 08, 2021
The Presentation Series (Assessment)
- August 01, 2021
The Presentation Series (Test Results)
- July 25, 2021
The Presentation Series (Physical Exam)
- July 18, 2021
The Presentation Series (Lists)
- July 11, 2021
The Presentation Series (The HPI)
- July 04, 2021
The Presentation Series (The Chief Concern)
- June 27, 2021
The Presentation Series (Prologue)
- June 20, 2021
A Father's Day Message and Welcome to Internship
- June 13, 2021
Building a Community
- June 06, 2021
On Little Things
- May 30, 2021
Not in the Job Description (A Farewell to the Traditional Chiefs)
- May 23, 2021
Leadership Changes
- May 16, 2021
Wild and Precious Day
- May 09, 2021
Happy Mother's Day
- May 02, 2021
The Best Kind of Exhaustion
- April 25, 2021
Education Reboot
- April 18, 2021
Opening our Eyes to Racism
- April 11, 2021
Easter Hunt Winners
- April 04, 2021
An Easter Hunt
- March 28, 2021
Welcome to the Family
- March 21, 2021
Not a competition
- March 13, 2021
Lessons from the Pandemic
- March 06, 2021
Welcome Transfers
- February 27, 2021
Profligacy (Part 2)
- February 20, 2021
The Profligate Internist
- February 13, 2021
Ordinary Heroes
- February 06, 2021
Spreadsheet Purgatory
- January 30, 2021
The Survey
- January 23, 2021
Choose the Chiefs
- January 16, 2021
Dress Rehearsal
- January 09, 2021
Shocked but Not Surprised
- December 31, 2020
Hope for a Better New Year
- December 24, 2020
Gifts That Surround Us
- December 19, 2020
Are We Leveling Off?
- December 12, 2020
A Sunday Town Hall
- December 05, 2020
It's Simple
- November 25, 2020
Program Director's Note - What are you grateful for? A Thanksgiving Project.
- November 21, 2020
Hard Times
- November 14, 2020
No Need for Cloning
- November 07, 2020
Matchmaker
- November 01, 2020
Mission Critical: An Intensivist's Take on the Election
- October 25, 2020
Five Easy Pieces (of Advice)
- October 18, 2020
Dread and Excitement, But Mostly Excitement
- October 11, 2020
The Second Wave
- September 27, 2020
Never Give In
- September 20, 2020
Goodness and Sweetness
- September 13, 2020
Physicians and Politics
- September 06, 2020
I really appreciate it when my resident...
- August 30, 2020
Concerning Racism
- August 23, 2020
Road Trip
- August 16, 2020
Internist in Training
- August 09, 2020
In the Zone
- August 02, 2020
Losing Your Mind
- July 26, 2020
What Were You Thinking?
- July 19, 2020
Pasta a la Francesca
- July 12, 2020
Notes on Notes
- July 05, 2020
Founding Principles
- June 28, 2020
Here's What I'd Say
- June 21, 2020
On Your First Day of Internship
- June 14, 2020
Last Week on the Front Line
- June 07, 2020
What to Wear to a Protest
- May 31, 2020
Things that Matter
- May 24, 2020
Reflections of a Onetime Shortstop
- May 17, 2020
Reemergence
- May 10, 2020
More Notes from the Front Lines
- May 03, 2020
Welcome to the All-Star Team
- April 26, 2020
Notes from the Front Line
- April 19, 2020
Lessons Learned
- April 12, 2020
Immutable
- April 05, 2020
Thoughts on a Spring Morning
- April 01, 2020
COVID-Court
- March 29, 2020
Our Most Precious Resource
- March 22, 2020
On the Bright Side
- March 15, 2020
Wellness in the Time of Corona
- March 07, 2020
No Match for this Team
- February 29, 2020
Implicit Messages
- February 22, 2020
On the Coast of Dingle
- February 15, 2020
Welcome Paul Bernstein!
- February 08, 2020
Reasoning Rules
- February 01, 2020
An Appreciation
- January 25, 2020
The Wrong Kind of Helpful
- January 18, 2020
Choosing the Chiefs: 2021-22
- January 11, 2020
May This Be Our Hope
- January 04, 2020
Get Ready for the Boards
- December 28, 2019
The Top 10: Residency Highlights for 2019
- December 21, 2019
On the Winter Solstice
- December 14, 2019
Winning the Residency Lottery
- December 07, 2019
Recipe for Success
- November 27, 2019
The Legacy of Paul Beeson (A Thanksgiving Message)
- November 23, 2019
The Evolution of the Razor
- November 16, 2019
The Joy of Learning
- November 09, 2019
Pizza Buddies
- November 03, 2019
Our Commitment
- October 27, 2019
Those Adorable Work Hour Reports
- October 20, 2019
Interview Slide Show
- October 13, 2019
Help Wanted
- October 06, 2019
Words to Heal By
- September 29, 2019
A Sweet New Year
- September 22, 2019
The Lord of Medicine
- September 15, 2019
The Opening of Recruitment Season
- September 08, 2019
Here to Stay
- September 01, 2019
A Solo Journey
- August 25, 2019
An August Reprise
- August 18, 2019
Osler Reincarnated
- August 11, 2019
On Praise
- August 04, 2019
Think Before you Sign
- July 28, 2019
A Thousand Cookbooks
- July 21, 2019
Man on the Moon
- July 14, 2019
This is What I Hate
- July 07, 2019
Prepare to be Inspired
- June 30, 2019
Getting it Done
- June 23, 2019
What a Spectacular Year Looks Like
- June 16, 2019
A Father’s Day Message
- June 09, 2019
Graduation 2019
- June 02, 2019
Farewell to the Chiefs
- May 26, 2019
Kvelling
- May 19, 2019
New Department Leaders
- May 12, 2019
Space to Grow
- May 05, 2019
A Personal Statement Checklist
- April 28, 2019
Almost There
- April 21, 2019
Average Emotional Intelligence
- April 14, 2019
Spring Cleaning
- April 07, 2019
Chick-fil-A Follow Up
- March 31, 2019
Spring Chicken
- March 24, 2019
A Chick-fil-A Exposé
- March 17, 2019
Writing from Ljubljana
- March 09, 2019
Let the Adventure Unfold
- March 02, 2019
Time's Up Healthcare
- February 23, 2019
Executive Council Minutes (February 21, 2019)
- February 16, 2019
Click "Certify"
- February 09, 2019
Things are Looking Up
- February 02, 2019
Choices Choices
- January 26, 2019
Resident Appreciation
- January 19, 2019
Choose the Chiefs
- January 12, 2019
Stepping in the Middle
- January 05, 2019
The Definition of a Doctor
- December 29, 2018
Near Year's Wishes
- December 22, 2018
Earthrise
- December 15, 2018
Beyond Competence
- December 08, 2018
The Temptation of Pizza
- December 01, 2018
When Happiness Catches up with Us
- November 21, 2018
A Thanksgiving Message
- November 17, 2018
As Good as Any, Nicer than Most
- November 10, 2018
Unpacking the Differential
- November 04, 2018
28-Hour Call (a.k.a. Democracy in Action)
- October 28, 2018
We Cannot be Silent
- October 21, 2018
Test Scores (ITE 2018)
- October 14, 2018
Why Yale (2018)?
- October 07, 2018
Fighting for Progress
- September 30, 2018
Deconstructing Feedback and the Key to Feedback Bliss
- September 23, 2018
A Morality Tale
- September 16, 2018
The Opening of Recruitment Season
- September 09, 2018
September PD Meeting and Birthday Party
- September 02, 2018
How to Write Riveting Assessments
- August 26, 2018
At Some Point I Had to Write This
- August 19, 2018
New Intern Disease Discovered (Reprise)
- August 12, 2018
This Much I Know
- August 05, 2018
PD Meeting Minutes and Happy Birthday
- July 29, 2018
An H&P Contest Results
- July 22, 2018
An HPI Contest
- July 15, 2018
The Last All-Nighter
- July 08, 2018
Advice for the New Twos
- July 01, 2018
Hot Weather, Scorching Notes
- June 24, 2018
To Comfort Always
- June 17, 2018
Time for Takeoff
- June 10, 2018
Welcome New Interns!
- June 03, 2018
Thank You, Chiefs
- May 27, 2018
Fellowship FAQs
- May 20, 2018
This is What Wellness Looks Like
- May 13, 2018
The Wisdom of the Free Range Mother
- May 06, 2018
Making Sense of the Senseless
- April 29, 2018
What Would You Do (Part 2)?
- April 22, 2018
What Would You Do (A Call to the Bedside)?
- April 15, 2018
A Brief Refresher
- April 08, 2018
Progress and Calamity
- April 01, 2018
Decision Committee Decisions (April 1, 2018)
- March 25, 2018
iCOMPARE and Wellness
- March 18, 2018
Plitvice in the Rain
- March 10, 2018
Planning Not Required
- March 03, 2018
Must We Discuss Code Status? (Part 2)
- February 24, 2018
Must We Discuss Code Status?
- February 17, 2018
Highlights from the Stanford Tour
- February 10, 2018
Off to California
- February 03, 2018
Ranking Time
- January 27, 2018
The Details that Matter Most
- January 20, 2018
Stirring up some Chiefs
- January 13, 2018
Stepping over Scatology
- January 06, 2018
The Quintifecta
- December 30, 2017
Happy New Year!
- December 23, 2017
The Holiday Shift
- December 16, 2017
#WeToo
- December 09, 2017
Crunchy, Crispy, Crusty, Cooked
- December 02, 2017
Leading Up
- November 25, 2017
On Leadership
- November 18, 2017
The Year I Kidnapped the Salt and Pepper Shakers
- November 11, 2017
I Can't Think of Any
- November 05, 2017
Falling Back to Sleep
- October 29, 2017
No Room for Abuse
- October 22, 2017
Why Yale?
- October 15, 2017
Mere Competence
- October 08, 2017
As Chaos Reigns
- October 01, 2017
Phenomenal Food and Phenomenal Doctors
- September 24, 2017
Let's Talk
- September 17, 2017
Exit Stage West
- September 10, 2017
Old Green Tomes
- September 03, 2017
Breakfast of Champions
- August 27, 2017
Concise Summaries Only, Please
- August 20, 2017
Be Brave
- August 13, 2017
Reflections on a Day of Violence
- August 06, 2017
Context is Everything
- July 30, 2017
New Intern Disease Discovered
- July 23, 2017
Midsummer Night Dreaming
- July 16, 2017
Greatness and Medical Knowledge
- July 09, 2017
31 Letters of Recommendation
- July 02, 2017
Searching for the Missing Ingredient
- June 25, 2017
God Morgen Oslo
- June 20, 2017
New Season, New Academic Year, New Interns
- June 18, 2017
Kindness and Baseball Stories
- June 11, 2017
It Starts with Pizza
- June 04, 2017
Farewell to the Chiefs
- May 28, 2017
A Short Note about Fellowship LORs
- May 21, 2017
Meditation on the Northeast Regional
- May 14, 2017
A Mother's Day Message
- May 07, 2017
Personal Statement Don'ts and Do's
- April 30, 2017
Stop Driving Me Crazy
- April 23, 2017
Geoff Connors: An Appreciation
- April 16, 2017
Mindset, Parking, and New Beginnings
- April 09, 2017
Moral Uncertainty, Lobster, and ABGs
- April 01, 2017
Special White House Internship
- March 26, 2017
A Eulogy for Yogesh (March 24, 2017)
- March 19, 2017
Medicine and Baseball Bats
- March 11, 2017
The Power of Style
- March 04, 2017
The Sound of Falling Notes
- February 25, 2017
A Sudden Loss of Vision
- February 18, 2017
Brunching in Branford
- February 11, 2017
The Airing of Grievances
- February 04, 2017
Sleepless in New Haven
- January 28, 2017
Immigrant Stories
- January 21, 2017
On Leadership
- January 14, 2017
Goings and Comings
- January 07, 2017
Feedback Aspirations
- December 31, 2016
A New Year's Uber Ride
- December 24, 2016
The Joy of Candles
- December 17, 2016
Nine Hours with the CCC
- December 10, 2016
The Measure of a Residency
- December 03, 2016
Anonymity, Confidentiality, and Transparency
- January 16, 2016
Choosing our Chief Residents
Program Director Notes
The ideas and opinions expressed in my Program Director’s Notes are my own.