News in brief Medicine: The Musical theater and performance dates announced The physician who composed the musical confirms a 14-show run in November. June 6, 2018Wednesday Rose Raymond Contact Rose Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Written and composed by a practicing dermatologist, Medicine: The Musical follows a group of first-year med students as they navigate challenges in medical education and their personal lives. The musical will be performed at HERE theater in Manhattan from Nov. 3-18, 2018. The musical’s writer, Michael Ehrenreich, MD, previously told The DO in an email that he hopes the musical will present medical school in a novel and accessible way to the general public. “It’s not quite realistic—it is a musical after all—but I want people to get a sense of the pressure involved and how hard people work, and get the public to view doctors as people too,” he wrote. “Humanizing medicine goes both ways.” Find more details on Medicine: The Musical, including how to buy tickets, here. Further reading Medicine: The Musical headed to an off-Broadway theater More in Lifestyle Confronting burnout and moral injury in medicine Regarding burnout in medicine, “I knew there was more to the story than the frustration of dealing with administrative obstacles,” writes Jerry Balentine, DO. Nearly 70% of doctors in their 40s want to retire in their 50s or early 60s, survey reveals Medscape report finds that physicians, on average, would like to save $3.9 million to feel comfortable retiring from medicine. Previous articleBuilding global awareness of US osteopathic medicine Next articleShould physicians be friends with their patients on social media?
Confronting burnout and moral injury in medicine Regarding burnout in medicine, “I knew there was more to the story than the frustration of dealing with administrative obstacles,” writes Jerry Balentine, DO.
Nearly 70% of doctors in their 40s want to retire in their 50s or early 60s, survey reveals Medscape report finds that physicians, on average, would like to save $3.9 million to feel comfortable retiring from medicine.