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Colleen Farrell, MD

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I’ve been trying to disentangle myself from unhealthy perfectionism for years. Perfectionism is totally different from the persuit of excellence. Perfectionism is a fear of not being “enough,” a fear

I’ve been laying low on here lately, but wanted to share something special from the past week, a covid lemonade from lemons kind of story. I was scheduled to take

As we ask how academic medical journals accept blatantly racist articles, I am reminded of the reviewer comments I received last year for an essay that was ultimately rejected. 1/

I am finishing residency with a very heavy heart. Yes, I'm celebrating this joyful accomplishment. But just below the surface there is a lot of sorrow to wade through. I

*creative writing prompt*What does it mean to you to breathe? When was the last time you really noticed your breath? What were you doing? Was there ever a time when

I am an internal medicine resident in NYC giving it my all caring for patients with #covid_19. This is hard for all the reasons you would expect: it is traumatic,

Could someone share a good practical resource for learning ecmo basics? YouTube videos + handout would be my ideal. Resident level key points please. My co-residents and I need to

Should residents caring for #covid patients receive hazard pay? Seems to be disparity amongst various residency programs in NYC, and a lot of different views For background... I make about

I’m thinking about how we can write up our work with @MedHumChat for an academic publication. Would love to see other examples of pubs on twitter chats! Would appreciate links

I would encourage anyone working in healthcare to read the stories of #PatientsAreNotFaking. Our hidden curriculum in medicine often teaches us to discount patient symptoms. It’s dangerous and unethical. Listen