Valerie Brooke, MDMar 1, 20223 minI Wish I'd KnownYesterday I was invited to give a talk to a group of about fifty freshmen undergraduates at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). These...
Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 20, 20224 minDeath and DyingI was not aware during my medical training how fearful patients and medical professionals are about the one thing that we all will...
Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 14, 20223 minImposter SyndromeI will never forget the first medication I ordered as newly practicing physician. It was my first internal medicine rotation of...
Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 7, 20224 minThe Stigma of Mental Health Illness in Medical ProfessionalsThe other day one of my physician colleagues shared a story with me about some seemingly helpful advice he was given during the first...
Valerie Brooke, MDJan 31, 20223 minPersonal and Professional PerfectionismTo be perfect means to be “excellent or complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement.” Perfectionism is multi-dimensional and can...
Valerie Brooke, MDJan 23, 20224 minMoral InjuryThe term moral injury popped into the conversation about physician burnout back in 2018, when an article was published entitled...