What does a lone astronaut stranded in deep space have in common with a physician drowning in after-hours charting? More than you'd think. In this episode, Dr. Junaid uses Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary as a lens for one of medicine's most persistent problems: the belief that clinical excellence is a matter of willpower. It isn't — it's a systems problem, and systems problems are solvable. Your chart backlog isn't proof you don't care. It's proof that your workload and workflow are misaligned. And the fix isn't more discipline. It's a better structure. Spoiler-light. No prior knowledge of the book or film required.

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