Michael's Story: “A Promise to Carry the Fire” – an essay for Doctor's Day

In honor of National Doctor’s Day, Dr. Michael Schmitz realizes practicing medicine in recent years has changed significantly; the purpose at our core, however, has *not.*

Show Notes

"A Promise to Carry the Fire" is an essay by Michael Schmitz, an emergency medicine physician in Maine.

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Intro music: "Honey and Milk" by The 126ers
Outro music: "Take Your Time" by Dan Lebowitz

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Real Talk is a podcast based on an in-person program where doctors, APs, nurses, and other healthcare professionals share stories about their real, human experiences working in medicine. It's vulnerability and joy in medicine at its best.