“Thinking is pain,” my patient muses flatly through neat curtains of long blonde locks and muffling layers of cotton facemask. From six feet away on the opposite couch, I glimpse the tidy row of cuts like a train of thought traversing an adolescent forearm. I wince under my mask, wondering which one hurt the most.
point A to point B, Literature by Kristen Durbin, MD
Kristen Durbin, MD
Triple Board
Kristen is a fourth-year Triple Board (pediatrics/adult psychiatry/child psychiatry) resident navigating her identities as a person and physician through writing and reflective practice.
Voices from the Housestaff:
2023, "Moving dirt"
2023, "Space"
2023, "Building rapport"
2022, "Directions"
2022, "First Date No. 3"
2022, "Notes on PPE"
Voices from the Residents:
2021, "point A to point B"
2021, "Despair"
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