Amie Kowalczyk, Pediatric Resident
Me and My Job
Find humour at work
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"I get to play with the kids a little bit. I'm not always poking them. Especially some of the kids with more chronic diseases that you get to know a little bit better, they're a lot of fun. Kids have some of the most profound, funny things they say sometimes.
"With the other residents, we're all there working 80, 90 hours a week and we're all pretty sleep-deprived. And every now and then something that really isn't that funny, at three in the morning, when we finally get something to eat, is all of a sudden hilarious.
"When you have a good group of people to work with, it makes a big difference."