Now that I am a “senior resident” PGY3, and in my final year of internal medicine residency, I have come to realize how hard it is to be a “good” intern. Now that it is midway through August, I know the fresh interns are asking themselves, “How can I be a good intern?” or perhaps more […]
About Michael Natter, MD
What We Talk About When We Talk About Death
My involvement with death prior to intern year was sparse. I had only experienced death from afar. My grandparents passed away at varying points during my childhood and adolescence. I lost a friend to suicide when I was in medical school. Another was struck and killed by a car in college. I was not involved […]
Going to Battle
To say I was scared on the eve of July 1, 2017, would be a gross understatement of the truth. It was the final night before I would don the long white coat laden with the weight of real responsibility in addition to my lightly used stethoscope. I was paralyzed by a profound, gripping fear […]
