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'I Thought You Were Going To Help Me'

Kathryn Kinasz, MD

Nov 8, 2019

Read My First Physical Exam Was on a Patient Who Was Already Deadarticle image

My First Physical Exam Was on a Patient Who Was Already Dead

Bruce Bryon Latham, MD, FACP, FACE

Nov 5, 2019 Link to My First Physical Exam Was on a Patient Who Was Already Dead

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Initiation to the Operating Room

Bruce C Harris, MD

Nov 4, 2019 Link to Initiation to the Operating Room

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Surgery Is Better Than Disneyland

Morgan Sweere Treece

Oct 29, 2019 Link to Surgery Is Better Than Disneyland

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The First Time I Drowned in Patients

Anita Raghavan, MD

Oct 15, 2019 Link to The First Time I Drowned in Patients

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A Night to Remember

Beverly Joyce, MD, FACOG

Oct 14, 2019 Link to A Night to Remember

Read 'Nurseries Aren’t Built With Escape Routes, and It Was Clear What Was Happening' article image

'Nurseries Aren’t Built With Escape Routes, and It Was Clear What Was Happening'

J. Lane Wilson, MD

Oct 8, 2019 Link to 'Nurseries Aren’t Built With Escape Routes, and It Was Clear What Was Happening'

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The Dreaded 'C' Word

Lee Kyung Hong, MD

Oct 3, 2019 Link to The Dreaded 'C' Word

Read I Had 2 End-of-Life Discussions: One as a Daughter, One as a Doctorarticle image

I Had 2 End-of-Life Discussions: One as a Daughter, One as a Doctor

Jenny Jones, MD

Sep 30, 2019 Link to I Had 2 End-of-Life Discussions: One as a Daughter, One as a Doctor

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It's About the Patient, Not Me

Shawn Izadi

Sep 27, 2019 Link to It's About the Patient, Not Me

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Learning to Hold Both Parts of My Soul in Balance

Katrena Lacey, MD

Sep 24, 2019 Link to Learning to Hold Both Parts of My Soul in Balance

Read He Didn't Die, We Just Stopped Trying to Save Himarticle image

He Didn't Die, We Just Stopped Trying to Save Him

Kathleen Chung

Sep 23, 2019 Link to He Didn't Die, We Just Stopped Trying to Save Him

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The Fluffy Talk

William Michael Maguire, MD

Sep 17, 2019 Link to The Fluffy Talk

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My First Attending Catastrophe Narrowly Averted, Sort Of

David Weissmann, MD

Sep 16, 2019 Link to My First Attending Catastrophe Narrowly Averted, Sort Of

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An Old Signum That Out-Diagnosed Modern Medicine

John Clark, MD

Sep 10, 2019 Link to An Old Signum That Out-Diagnosed Modern Medicine

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The First Time a Patient Had a Connection to My Past

John Dan Andress, MD

Sep 3, 2019 Link to The First Time a Patient Had a Connection to My Past

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The Power of Distraction

J. Lane Wilson, MD

Sep 3, 2019 Link to The Power of Distraction

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I Used the Wrong Swab on a Patient

J. Lane Wilson, MD

Aug 29, 2019 Link to I Used the Wrong Swab on a Patient

Read The MD Letters Behind My Name Didn't Make Me Feel like a Doctor, My Patient Did article image

The MD Letters Behind My Name Didn't Make Me Feel like a Doctor, My Patient Did

Kathryn K. Eisenhuth, MD

Aug 27, 2019 Link to The MD Letters Behind My Name Didn't Make Me Feel like a Doctor, My Patient Did

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I'm Not Just a Physician, I'm a Provider of Emotional Support and Human Connection During Moments Too Heavy to Bear Alone

Katherine Chebly, MD, MPA

Aug 26, 2019 Link to I'm Not Just a Physician, I'm a Provider of Emotional Support and Human Connection During Moments Too Heavy to Bear Alone

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My Patient Died. The Family Still Said 'Thank You'

Christopher Yerington, MD

Aug 19, 2019 Link to My Patient Died. The Family Still Said 'Thank You'

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff? There Is No Small Stuff in Medicine

David Kenneth Reynolds, DO

Aug 13, 2019 Link to Don't Sweat the Small Stuff? There Is No Small Stuff in Medicine