How Remote Work Is Changing Medical Practice in the Era of Coronavirus
Societies across the world have been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of people being forced to stay indoors
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Innovation
Peer Med, Serving Humanity with Medicine: A Podcast by Leah Sarah Peer
A student-led initiative, the Peer Med podcast intertwines medicine, an ever changing science of diagnosis and treatment, with conversations about issues in healthcare where lives are on the line. Due to the fashionable focus of medical education on biology, pathology and disease there has been a reduced emphasis on the social determinants of health. As such physicians lack an empathetic character understanding the human aspect of medicine and in this, fail to communicate effectively rendering patients dissatisfied with care.
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A Budding Clinician-Scientist
Before I embarked on my second year of medical school, I wanted to try something different — an experience I
Read moreDrinking from a Fire Hydrant: Musings on Active Learning in Medical School
Almost everyone has seen a doctor at some point in their lives. Yet, for most, what actually goes on in
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A New Type of Pharmacy – On Food Pharmacies and Their Importance for Type II Diabetics
In a world where drug companies and pharmacies remain pervasive, an innovative take on the word “pharmacy” is being developed
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The 21st century Frankenstein Revival
Background Human head transplantation (the head anastomosis venture project – HEAVEN) has been for a long time merely a neurosurgical
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Pathographies
“Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the
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“The Five C’s” Dr. Georgette A. Dent, 2014 Commencement Address at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine
This week, Dr. Georgette A. Dent, Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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“Timelessness in the Ever-Changing Medical Field” Dr. Abraham Verghese, 2014 Commencement Address at the Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Abraham Verghese, critically acclaimed author and widely respected clinician, is now featured in the Medical Commencement Archive. Dr. Verghese’s
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Medical Technology: Implementation Without Cause?
A trip through my apartment is a serious lesson in buyer’s remorse. My iPad? What I thought would be a
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