Notes from a waiting room: What are doctors doing while I’m waiting?

May 11, 2018May 11, 2018 Yi-Lin Cheng 1 Comment healthcare management, Quality Improvement, Wait times

Hello Clinical Laboratory, my old friend, I’ve come to take my blood test with you again. Because my specialist wants

Clinical General Healthcare Costs Opinion Patient-Centered Care Reflection

Excellent, good, or fair? How accurately can patient satisfaction surveys measure quality of care?

April 26, 2018May 14, 2018 Yi-Lin Cheng 0 Comment Data, Patient Satisfaction, Patient-centered care, Quality Improvement

Last week I had my semiannual dentist appointment. Right after I stepped out the door, I received an email: Dental

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The Dying Man

April 12, 2018May 15, 2018 Janie Cao 1 Comment Death, Dying, humanism, Meaning of Life, Mortality, Palliative Care, Spirituality/Religion, Values

The Dying Man Written by Janie Cao Edited by Mary Abramczuk A few years ago, I spent half my day with

Clinical General Healthcare Costs Law Opinion Patient-Centered Care Primary Care Public Health Reflection

Discontinuity in Care

March 22, 2018March 21, 2018 Janie Cao 2 Comments Community, Continuity of Care, doctor, experience, Health, Healthcare, medical school, medicine, patient, primary care

My resident tries fairly hard to take care of his patients. When he is with them, I catch him paying

Clinical Patient-Centered Care Reflection

“Listen to understand” not “listen to reply”

February 8, 2018January 28, 2018 Ian Wee 0 Comment Attitude, Community, doctor, experience, feeling, listening, medical student, patient

A two-month stint at the oncology department in a Singapore government hospital has provided me with vivid examples of the

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If you don’t ask, you’ll never know

December 28, 2017December 22, 2017 Jordan Metsky 0 Comment Attitude, Community, doctor, Healthcare, patient, Pregnancy, Responsibility

On the first day of my first rotation as a medical student, my preceptor shared this bit of wisdom: if

Clinical Lifestyle Patient-Centered Care

Running Low and No Longer Running

October 12, 2017October 5, 2017 Angela Gupta 0 Comment Community, empathy, experience, Goals, Health, patient

I recently completed a rotation in endocrinology, and I learned valuable lessons about diabetes management in both the inpatient and

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The Day I Took off my White Coat

September 28, 2017September 18, 2017 Mohammad Aref 0 Comment Community, doctor, experience, medical school, society

The man in scrubs stands in the middle of the room. He has a blood-filled syringe in one hand and

Clinical Emotion Empathy Humanistic Psychology Reflection

The Enigma of Empathy

September 21, 2017September 18, 2017 Jordan Metsky 0 Comment empathy, medicine

“My mother says I’m a piece of shit.” My 18-year old patient sits at the head of a conference table,

Clinical General Public Health

Medical Residents: A Dream Career Can Be Yours If You “Choose Sleep”: Dr. Ilene Rosen, President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine

August 24, 2017August 21, 2017 themspress 0 Comment doctor, patient

Now is the time that many medical residents are considering future plans, and hopefully giving thought to a sleep medicine

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