Johanna Shapiro, PhD.
When I applied for a position of behavioral scientist, in modern parlance known as a behavioral health specialist, in the UCI Department of Family Medicine, I had never heard of family medicine. I had no idea it was a medical specialty like surgery or pediatrics. And when I gave that key interview presentation, the chair fell asleep. Somehow, despite these failings I was still hired. I quickly learned two things. One was how to avoid boring my chair into oblivion; and two was what family medicine was all about. And I fell in love – not with my chair, because I was already married with two little kids – but with family medicine.