Archive - The Second Apprenticeship

What I Lose When You Order a Doctor

A letter from the doctor you did not order.

Jul 12 • Dr. Shveta Gupta, MD, MBA

June 2026

The Untranslated Physician.

Edition 03. The name for the person in the in-between.

Jun 28 • Dr. Shveta Gupta, MD, MBA

The False Zero.

Edition 02. Naming what survives the sort.

Jun 14 • Dr. Shveta Gupta, MD, MBA

May 2026

Some of the Cost Is Not Yours.

The cost of leaving clinical practice is real. My suspicion is that we overestimate it. The first move is to sort what is real from what is inherited…

May 29 • Dr. Shveta Gupta, MD, MBA

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