What A Time To Launch A Magazine Writte n b y D r. Marle ne Wus t- Sm ith, M. D.
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020 wa s supposed to be
to turn to. This magazine start-
the year of clear vision, of
ed out as a hobby for me--a place
clarity, of laser-sharp focus.
to express my new-found voice as
COV ID-19 has made ever ything
a physician advocate, a vehicle to
blurry, fogg y and has blind-sided
help physicians combat burn-out,
us all.
a forum to connect directly with
The news is changing by the
patients and with other physicians.
minute, and we at Physician Outlook
What started as a “side-gig” of sorts
found ourselves deferring articles we
has now become a platform of na-
had planned for this issue to replace
tional importance as coronavirus
them with content that is more rel-
throws Physician Outlook into the
evant to the current crisis. March
limelight.
2020 marks the 5th anniversary of
Physician Outlook is a labor of
National Physicians Week (March
love and my goal is not to drown
25-31), and this issue’s origina l
out other voices, but to instead
theme was to celebrate our fellow
unite those voices with a tool for ed-
doctors who have dedicated their
ucation, a conduit of introduction,
lives to the practice of medicine.
a place of peace, unity and collab-
Instead, we find ourselves in the
oration. A publication where the
midst of a worldwide novel corona-
right and the left can meet to take
virus pandemic, and it is more im-
us back to inclusive physician-led,
portant than ever to have a reliable
team-based care. A place where red
source for physicians and patients
and blue can become purple. 1
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, …” C h a r l e s D i c k e n s , A Ta l e o f Tw o C i t i e s .
Dr. Marlene Wüst-Smith Publisher
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