Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable – A Medical Student’s Perspective

On February 8th, Lisa Rosenbaum published an excellent and thought-provoking piece in the New England Journal titled: On Being Well While Doing Well — Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Training. This article, and the accompanying podcast, has stimulated more conversation than a “non-research” article has in years. If you haven’t read the article, please do. It is truly a tour de force. Sensible Medicine is thrilled to be able to feature some articles reacting to, and expanding on, Dr. Rosenbaum’s work in the coming weeks. The first is from Nihar Rama, a medical student at the University of Chicago. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I still remember the email notifying me I was accepted to medical school. At that time, two thoughts occurred to me: 1) That perhaps I could give checking my email a short break (note: I didn’t); 2) That I was about to embark on a life-

On February 8th, Lisa Rosenbaum published an excellent and thought-provoking piece in the New England Journal titled: On Being Well While Doing Well — Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Training. This article, and the accompanying podcast, has stimulated more conversation than a “non-research” article has in years. If you haven’t read the article, please do. It is truly a tour de force. Sensible Medicine is thrilled to be able to feature some articles reacting to, and expanding on, Dr. Rosenbaum’s work in the coming weeks. The first is from Nihar Rama, a medical student at