pandemic | Dr. Valerie Brooke

Valerie Brooke, MD

Physician burnout - Part 4

I was reminded that my response to the stressors at work during the COVID-19 pandemic are to be expected. It’s normal to feel stress...

Valerie Brooke, MD

Physician burnout - Part 3 - Suicide

By the time the COVID-19 surge in our community did arrive last fall, I was ready. In the months prior I had recognized that I was...

Valerie Brooke, MD

Physician burnout - Part 2

I suddenly had the insight that what I was experiencing was physician burnout, something I had not yet experienced so acutely on the job...

Valerie Brooke, MD

Physician burnout - Part 1

Last year when the SARS-CoV2 was just starting to circulate in the US (or, more accurately, the awareness of its presence was becoming more

Valerie Brooke, MD

Death in the time of COVID-19

Some of my patients have died from COVID, some have severe long-term effects from the disease that will not allow them to return to their pr

Valerie Brooke, MD

Long term effects of surviving severe COVID-19

The truth is that you can’t change someone’s belief, because they do not reside in the rational or cognitive part of the brain. Maybe some d

Valerie Brooke, MD

My Oath and patients who don't believe in COVID-19

It is true that this is the most challenging time I have had thus far in my career as a physician. And it’s not just the long hours...

Valerie Brooke, MD

The pandemic has brought me back to my passion for writing

It has made me dig deeply into my reserves of patience, love, compassion, and kindness, for my patients, my family, my friends, and myself.