Medical professionals: What do you need most at work?

Imagine that you can have one thing (or a few) -- tangible or intangible -- that would transform some aspect of your medical practice.

What would you choose, and why?

Share your wish below, and inform our reporting on the ever-changing story of health and health care. Thank you.

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First Name *

Last Name *

E-mail *

City

State or Province

Postal Code *

Country

Phone

In what area of medicine do you work? (e.g., family medicine, critical care, urology)

Where do you practice? (location and setting -- hospital, private practice, etc.)

What is one thing -- tangible or intangible -- that would transform the way you practice medicine?
(No need to wrack your brain here for some health care game-changer. Just tell us what pops to mind.)

How would what you named above improve the way you care for patients, or your life as a medical professional?

What year did you start practicing medicine?

What else should we know about what it means to practice medicine in 2013, or how delivering medical care has changed over your career?

If you have an original photo that illustrates your wish above -- or one of you (at work or at play) -- please upload it here. Or, email it to mng@americanpublicmedia.org. (No larger than 10MB, please.)

Please share some details about this photo: name(s), date, location, and the story behind it.

May we publish your insights and any uploaded files and attribute them to you using your full name and home town? (Your comments may be edited for length or clarity.) *

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In what year were you born?

What other expertise or passions do you have -- outside of medicine? In other words, what else do you do with your time?

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