Congratulations to @monicatracha for winning the caption contest! This is something I didn’t expect to feel so strongly about before I started my intern year. We talk a lot about disease states and treatment options in medical school, and not much about navigating end of life care. And as a doctor, my proudest moments have been helping guide a family (who aren’t familiar with the medical system, and thus don’t know what coding someone means), toward choosing the most dignified death, as free from suffering as possible. . How do you guys handle end of life conversations? . . #codestatus #fullcode #dnr #endoflife #deathwithdignity #resident #intern #pgy1 #medicine #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md
I.M. Resident only a little jaded.