CFP Press

Books by Patrick Hudson, MD

CFP Press is the publishing imprint of Patrick Hudson, MD. It was created to house a small body of work that speaks to what medicine does to the people who practice it. Not from the outside—but from the inside, with all its complexity, quiet costs, and private reckonings.

We don't publish often. Or broadly. Just intentionally.

Coming soon from CFP Press:
Ten Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Medical School — a reflective, unsentimental look at what medical training doesn't teach, and how to stay human in a system that rewards detachment.

This is a place for what doesn't usually fit. The thoughts between consults. The questions that stayed. And the language that might help someone feel a little less alone in the work.

Contact: pahudson@mac.com
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Ten Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Medical School

No One Told Me, So I'm Telling You

By Patrick Hudson, MD
Published by CFP Press
Available Now
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This is not a guide. It's a series of reflections about what medicine does to the people who practice it—from the inside out.

Each chapter is written in a voice I wish I'd heard earlier. Before the badge. Before the pager. Before the system quietly trained me to stay silent about the things that mattered most.

It's for the student who's already tired.
For the intern—or house officer—who's questioning everything.
For the doctor still trying to stay human in a system that keeps asking them not to.

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What it covers:
- Perfectionism and performance
- What cadavers teach—and don't
- Isolation, competition, and imposter syndrome
- Why doctors forget who they are
- The cost of caring (and of pretending not to)
- The quiet grief no one warned you about

Not answers. But something like recognition.
Just the ten things I wish someone had said out loud.

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Coming Summer 2025

Available in print and eBook
Distributed by KDP and IngramSpark

Cover design by Kim Scott