Two pairs of brown eyes glaze over as the room fills with her empty advice, sighs, and resigned recommendations.
“Think about therapy, okay?” “Medication might help.” “Everybody has dirt to move around – sometimes we need help moving it.”
I stay, offering to turf teenage despair to the clinic expert. “Are they white or Navajo?”
Moving dirt, 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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