Gap Year: Week 10

A pivotal moment in early 2000s redirected my career when tasked with creating a newborn screening policy for the US Army. A tragic case of a child’s death due to a missed screening prompted this action. The patchwork of screening standards in different locations highlighted the need for a comprehensive policy to safeguard children’s health. … More Gap Year: Week 10

Gap Year: Week 4

On 8 January 2024 I retired from a career in medicine and am taking this next year to gather forces, or hoist myself by my own petards, before undertaking another crazy line of work. We are now winding up the first month of the gap year journey. We have spent the last week of January … More Gap Year: Week 4

Gap year : week one

I’m taking a gap year. Yes, I think I’ve earned it. Perhaps it’s more like a sabbatical. No, let’s call it a gap year. Such 12-month vacations didn’t become popular or common until I was well past high school graduation in 1973. Back in the early 70s, if you decided to knock around after 12th … More Gap year : week one