‘Something Died in Me’: Why Dedicated Doctors Quit Medicine Cassie Shortsleeve May 28, 2026

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/something-died-me-why-dedicated-doctors-quit-medicine-2026a1000hrk First, there were frequent and repeated personal insults. Then there was a stretch where her program’s entire second-year class was fired or held back, pushing calls from every fifth night to every third, with no relief. There was the chief who screamed at a junior resident in a crowded elevator that he was “f--king ugly” and should face the corner. The resident obeyed.