You arrived alone that autumn night, your tiny body shuttled urgently across state lines to a fluorescent ICU waystation via moonlit sirens. The maiden voyage of your first three months, your fixed gaze a compass toward a yet uncharted destination. By morning: “The morgue?” your nurse offered, “It’s on the first floor past the cafeteria.”
Directions, 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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