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Our town lost 8 doctors to suicide. Here’s why. (Dinner & documentary with Dr. Wible) →

Jumping off hospital rooftops, hanging themselves in janitorial closets, overdoing on drugs—our doctors are dying by suicide. Why?

Join us Friday, November 11 at Tsunami Books in Eugene, Oregon, for a marvelous Mediterranean dinner to celebrate Dr. Wible’s book, Physician Suicide Letters—Answered, and take a sneak peek at the forthcoming documentary on our physician suicide crisis.

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Tags: burnout, doctor suicide, medical student abuse, medical student burnout, medical student depression, medical student suicide, Physician abuse, physician bullying, physician burnout, physician depression, physician suicide

Medical student: “I was less stressed in Afghanistan” →

Medical School Abuse

Dear Pamela,

Let me start off by telling you that I am a warrior, a protector, and a healer. I am an Army Veteran. I’ve worked as an EMT, completed a bachelors degree and 2 years of medical school, plus I’m raising a family. I’ve achieved amazing things,

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Tags: how to be healthy in medical school, medical school, medical school isolation, medical school sucks, medical student, medical student abuse, medical student ADHD, medical student bullying, medical student burnout, medical student depression, medical student mental health, medical student PTSD, medical student suicide, medical student wellness, quitting medical school

I’m a doctor. I’m on Medicaid. I work as a waitress. →

I just received this letter from a physician in the Unites States of America:

Like thousands of medical school graduates each year, I did not get a residency [a residency is an additional 3+ years of medical training after 4 years of medical school and is required to get a medical license].

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Tags: can't get a residency, doctor without medical license, jobs for doctors without medical license, jobs for doctors without residency, medical school abuse, medical school match day, medical student abuse, what to do without a medical residency

Secret recordings expose abuse of junior doctors →

“Our incoming class at my medical school was just told by our Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs on our first day of orientation that he was there to crush our souls. His idea of welcome to medical school.”

Daily I receive messages from medical students like this one.

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Tags: I quit medical school, i quit medicine, institutional abuse, junior doctor abuse, junior doctor bullying, medical student abuse, medical student bullying, quitting medical school, quitting medicine, quitting residency, racism, racism in medicine, sexual harassment, South African hospital abuse, South African racism, Stockholm Syndrome, yumna moosa

Medical student: “They’re training us to abuse patients in assembly-line clinics.” →

AssemblyLineMedicinePleaseShare

Dear Dr. Wible,

So I just walked out of clinic today and I have to tell you I feel awful. Just awful. I was so excited to work at this particular clinic and now having seen how we went through patients like they were scraps to be tossed out,

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Tags: burnout, hate being a doctor, medical school, medical student abuse, patient abuse, quit medical school, quitting medicine

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Our town lost 8 doctors to suicide. Here’s why. (Dinner & documentary with Dr. Wible) →

Medical student: “I was less stressed in Afghanistan” →

I’m a doctor. I’m on Medicaid. I work as a waitress. →

Secret recordings expose abuse of junior doctors →

Medical student: “They’re training us to abuse patients in assembly-line clinics.” →

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