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Navigating a medical career as a clinician, teacher, and mother can be successfully achieved even without a predefined roadmap. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Eleanor R. Menzin

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4412

September 14, 2026JAMA Internal Medicine

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To describe the professional and personal experiences of an individual navigating a medical career across clinical practice, teaching, and motherhood without formal institutional guidance.
Narrative reflection examining the career trajectory of an individual serving as a clinician, educator, and mother.
Highlights the absence of standardized roadmaps for professionals balancing complex clinical, pedagogical, and parental roles.
Demonstrates the role of self-directed decision-making and adaptability in forging an independent career path in medicine.

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Narrative essay reveals the personal trajectory of a clinician-educator, highlighting challenges in career navigation and work-life balance without formal institutional guidance.

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This essay describes an individual—a clinician, teacher, and mother—who navigated her own career path without a roadmap.

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