Archive
This archive spans nearly two decades of writing across medicine, systems, learning, movement, technology, outdoor life, recovery, and professional change.
The earlier essays began during a different period of medicine and the internet — when physician blogging itself was still exploratory. Many posts started as observations about clinical practice, healthcare systems, technology, and daily professional questions.
Over time, the writing changed.
The questions became less about finding immediate answers and more about understanding how people adapt, continue, recover, and remain engaged across long periods of work and life.
The archive remains chronological because the order matters.
Older essays are not replaced by newer ones. They preserve the thinking, limitations, concerns, and questions of that particular time.
Some ideas disappeared. Others returned years later in different forms.
2024–2026
Reflective Synthesis Era
Questions from this period:
- How do we continue meaningful work over decades?
- How do we adapt without losing important parts of ourselves?
- How do physicians remain sustainable inside changing systems?
Selected essays:
The Questions We Keep Editing Out
A reflection on the questions professionals often postpone while managing responsibilities and expectations.
Deflection Bias in Practice: Between Constraint and Choice
An exploration of systems, adaptation, and the tension between circumstances and personal agency.
Starting Over: On Being a Beginner Again
A reflection on learning, humility, and rebuilding competence later in life.
Redesigning Physician / Healthcare Life Without Abandoning Medicine
Managing Your Doctor Self
When Healers Can’t Heal
Practical Digital Transformation in Resource-Limited Healthcare Settings
2016–2023
Systems and Transition Era
Questions from this period:
- How do healthcare systems influence the people working inside them?
- How do professionals adapt during technological and institutional change?
- How do we improve systems without losing sight of individuals?
Selected essays:
Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine: Right vs Right Decisions
On uncertainty, judgment, and decision-making when answers are not straightforward.
How Should Healthcare Professionals Act on Social Media Nowadays?
An early reflection on professional identity in increasingly public digital spaces.
Determining Working Hours for Healthcare Professionals: What Works and What Kills
On fatigue, sustainability, and the human limits within healthcare systems.
Additional essays:
- Contextualizing Conflict Resolution in Healthcare
- Remembering and Honoring Lives Lost, To Heal the Living
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Healthcare Professionals
- The Impact of Healthcare Professionals’ Sports and Fitness Activities
2007–2015
Early Medical Blogging Era
Questions from this period:
- How should physicians communicate online?
- How can clinical systems improve?
- What does professional identity look like in a changing world?
These essays are closer to their original blogging roots — more immediate, practical, and exploratory.
They remain part of the archive because earlier questions often became the foundation for later reflections.
Selected essays:
Yes, Doctors Can Blog — But Not About Their Patients’ Details
Early thoughts on medicine, communication, and digital professionalism.
Alternative Practice Styles for Physicians
An early exploration of questions around career design and sustainability.
Streamlining Our OPD Services — Orthopedics
A practical systems reflection from clinical work.
Additional essays:
- Trauma Care Facilities for Bombing Victims
- Mandatory Return of Service for Professionals
- Medical Blogging Summit, Anyone?
- Blog Rounds Archives
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2025
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2023
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2020
2019
2018
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2016
2015
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2013
2012
2011
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2009
2008
2007
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