Theodora Swenson

Aug 7, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Francisco Torres |Raquel Martínez |Theodora Swenson |Brian B Gilmer

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. At the core of it, all doctors are healers. Some of us practice as clinicians, touching and treating individual patients day in and day out. Some of us teach the future of our profession, and even more of us still conduct important scientific research in laboratories and other settings. Medicine has always been more of a vocation than a career. It attracts purpose-driven people.

Aug 7, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Raquel Martínez |Theodora Swenson |Brian B Gilmer |Caitlin Cain

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. My first year out of residency I took a walk with one of my new colleagues. She was also a newly minted attending and we were delighted to have found each other to share in the trials and tribulations of our new jobs. During our walk she used a term I had never heard before: “voluntold”.

Aug 7, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Theodora Swenson |Raquel Martínez |Brian B Gilmer |Caitlin Cain

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. Upon receiving my acceptance letter into medical school, one of the first decisions I made was to move back home with my parents. I made the decision in a heartbeat, thinking about the financial benefits, the emotional support, and the multigenerational knowledge that I would obtain during an extremely difficult four years of my life.

Aug 7, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Brian B Gilmer |Theodora Swenson |Caitlin Cain |Alexandra Gordon

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. I recently took a trip that turned my world upside down. Well, that is overstating it. I did not have an epiphany or a life-changing revelation, but I did find myself in a full inversion. I had traveled for work to a sports medicine conference where I was speaking and sitting on a panel about a topic with which I was very comfortable and familiar.

Jul 3, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Theodora Swenson |Danielle Pigneri |Wael Saasouh |Brian B Gilmer

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. I’ve often looked forward to graduation season, as it symbolizes the completion of yet another chapter and the accomplishments of yet another handful of training requirements. Every small milestone, whether that be passing a written test, an oral exam, or a small group assignment, culminates in graduation. Graduation has always brought me one step closer to what I thought was the end of medical training.