Discontinuity in Care
My resident tries fairly hard to take care of his patients. When he is with them, I catch him paying
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“Listen to understand” not “listen to reply”
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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Nodding Along
My grandmother was a strong and compassionate Egyptian woman, a mother of three, and a pathologist. On a glass slide,
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If you don’t ask, you’ll never know
On the first day of my first rotation as a medical student, my preceptor shared this bit of wisdom: if
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Gender Application Gap
Gender stereotypes are pervasive in medicine. Last year, JAMA reported on the gender pay gap in medicine, and I found
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#BoPo: Body positivity in the age of obesity
When I was younger, I loved watching the televised broadcasts of New York Fashion Week. I grew up in the
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The Day I Took off my White Coat
The man in scrubs stands in the middle of the room. He has a blood-filled syringe in one hand and
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“A Good Job”: Dr. Elizabeth Dreesen, 2017 Commencement Address of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine
I am pleased to present this week’s Commencement Archive piece: Dr. Elizabeth Dreesen’s keynote address at the 2017 University of
Read moreMedical Residents: A Dream Career Can Be Yours If You “Choose Sleep”: Dr. Ilene Rosen, President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Now is the time that many medical residents are considering future plans, and hopefully giving thought to a sleep medicine
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Properly Unprepared
It was late afternoon, and the current nursing shift would be relieved in less than ninety minutes. The feeling of
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