You know that feeling?

That there-must-be-a-better-way feeling? That are-you-kidding-me-right-now feeling?

I do.

I’m Dr. Alice Hucko. Pediatrician. Writer. Mom of three. Always this close to having it all figured out. This is a blog about hospital life, doctor life, parent life, and the ongoing process of trying to make sense of it all.

I’m not trying to be wise, that would be foolish. I’m just chattering.

Mary Oliver, “I Don’t Want To Be Demure Or Respectable”

Recent Posts

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    What is the goal of a hospital? All too often, different members of an organization have different goals, to the detriment of patient care and healthcare systems as a whole.
  • What Happens When Doctors Become The Scapegoats Of A Broken System
    It’s all too easy to blame physicians for everything that is wrong with healthcare today. We are the most visible, the top of the medical food chain, it would appear. Except, we aren’t.
  • How To Ask Questions Like A Kid
    When you spend most of your time with children- as I’ve inexplicably chosen both personally and professionally to do- you begin to notice that ninety percent of their waking hours are spent asking questions.
  • Moving Beyond A Fixed Mindset in Medicine
    Mindset is an essential quality in a physician. The practice of medicine requires constantly stretching oneself and thus requires doctors to actively embrace challenge.
  • How Being A Parent Taught Me Compassion At Work
    When I had my son, the gaps between the worlds of pediatrics and parenting became painfully evident. Suddenly, so much of the advice I had been trained to give felt lacking the essential component of HOW?