#64 The Top 5 Most-Viewed Posts of 2022
I started a blog called After Emergency Medicine on my website in August of 2021. The universe said that I should do this so people looking for my book or me will be directed there first. As a newcomer to social media, it has been quite a challenge to drive readers to read posts there and on Medium.com. These are the posts (with links) that were the most popular during 2022. I have added two bonus links for posts that I would love to have more people read.
In #57 Learning the Harsh Truth of Medical Training, I draw on an episode I read in On Rotation, recent novel by Dr. Shirlene Obuobi. Some trainees are quite surprised and demoralized when they see the death and sadness during their medical training. I step in with more of the harsh truth.
#57 Learning the Harsh Truth of Medical Training — Dr. Joan Naidorf (squarespace.com)
Charlotte Day
I shared #47 Learning from Charlotte with the wide circle of friends and family of our dear friend and flute teacher Charlotte Day. I hope that my tribute did her life and memory justice. We miss her dearly.
#47 Learning from Charlotte — Dr. Joan Naidorf (squarespace.com)
Dr. Cleve Francis
I wrote #61 Don’t Attack the Messenger I address the shabby treatment that my friend Dr. Cleve Francis was getting after posting on an online media site. He was writing about a program at the local healthcare system to address the bias and insulting behavior that some patients have directed towards their treating clinicians.
#61 Don’t Attack the Messenger — Dr. Joan Naidorf (squarespace.com)
In #45 Re-imagining Intensive Care, I review Dr. Wes Ely’s book Every Deep Drawn Breath. As a respected researcher in critical care medicine and a general force for good, I think his network showed up to read my review. To quote myself, “Ely’s mission to re-focus care on who the human patients are both before, during, and after their critical care unit stays will take an entire village.”
#45 Re-imagining Intensive Care — Dr. Joan Naidorf (squarespace.com)
In #40 How I Published in the Post, I told the very short story of how I was able to pursue some good old-fashioned networking to get a perspective piece into the Washington Post. The editors are responsible for the title and the piece got nearly 500 online comments. I think the sheer number of people reading on-line and in print drove a little traffic to my website. Some doctors don’t like some patients - The Washington Post
Print version of the Washington Post
#40 How I Published in the Post — Dr. Joan Naidorf (squarespace.com)
I would like to add two of my own favorites. In #36 The Doctor as Patient, I review In Shock by Dr. Rana Awdish. This book is just so well-written and powerful that I would like more people to read it.
The Doctor as Patient - A review of In Shock by Rana Awdish — Dr. Joan Naidorf (squarespace.com)
In February on 2022, I wrote a very personal piece about not matching during my first go round of the residency match. In #24 To That Girl Sobbing in the Shower, I tried to encourage some of the young people who would inevitably go unmatched in a competitive and harsh process that places students into training programs. I anticipate a few young people will be sobbing in the shower and could benefit from reading this reflection.
A tale from Match Day, going unmatched. — Dr. Joan Naidorf (squarespace.com)
Happy New Year 2023 to everyone. That is what I have to post for this this week, and I plan to keep writing. My sister says I have given myself a job (although I prefer the term jobby.) I will finish the blog of our Portugal trip before I leave on another adventure. I will share my thoughts on publishing my book nearly one year ago. None of the blog writing is monetized in any way. I just do it for fun. I’m hoping that some readers will be moved or entertained and will come back for more when they see a topic of interest. I will keep submitting to more widely-circulated publications and see where things go. My second act is just getting ready to go.
