A Resident's Journey: Recent Episodes

Einstein Healthcare Network

Follow a recently graduated doctor through the harrowing early months of her internal medicine residency at Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia.

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The COVID-19 virus created extraordinary challenges for the internal medicine residents at Einstein Healthcare Network. In this episode, Ann shares the experience from those difficult days and the lessons learned. 

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In this extra episode, Glenn Eiger, MD, details how the residency program adapted when COVID-19 hit and what the residents and educators learned while facing a global pandemic.

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In this bonus episode, we explore how residents can cope with the inevitable feelings of burnout.

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In the last full episode in the series, Ann looks back on her initial months as a resident and offers advice for those coming behind her.

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A cardiac care unit rotation has Ann participating in emergency codes and tough conversations with the families of patients.

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Ann adjusts to the different rhythms of the overnight shift at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, and acknowledges that she is occasionally starting to enjoy herself.  

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Ann faces her second rotation in Einstein Healthcare Network's outpatient clinic, and the realization of how much she still has to learn.  

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The death of a patient provides Ann with some perspective during her first go round in the Medical Intensive Care Unit.

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Ann faces the stresses and joys of treating patients in Einstein's neighborhood primary care center.

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Ann Vachaparambil talks about her first stressful week as a doctor, loss of sleep and delivering difficult news to patients.

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First year resident Ann Vachaparambil, MD, meets her fellow interns at orientation, where they share fears and aspirations.