Challenges in Medicine

Examining the issues in medicine that you, your colleagues, and your patients face.

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Behavioral Flags Are Meant To Protect Physicians, but Do They Hurt Patients?

Corinne Carland, MD

Oct 3, 2024

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Shift Work in Hospital Settings Can Lead to Challenges

Rohana Motley White, MD

Sep 26, 2024 Link to Shift Work in Hospital Settings Can Lead to Challenges

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My Role As ‘The Clinician In The Family’

Jessica Reeves, NP

Sep 23, 2024 Link to My Role As ‘The Clinician In The Family’

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The Taboo of Regret in Medicine

Mohini Dasari, MD

Sep 19, 2024 Link to The Taboo of Regret in Medicine

Read Having a Baby as a Resident, Plus a Birth Complication of Paralysisarticle image

Having a Baby as a Resident, Plus a Birth Complication of Paralysis

Gina Yu, MD

Sep 17, 2024 Link to Having a Baby as a Resident, Plus a Birth Complication of Paralysis

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How I'm Reclaiming Autonomy in Medicine

Yomi Adeyemi, MD

Sep 16, 2024 Link to How I'm Reclaiming Autonomy in Medicine

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I Was So Isolated in Medicine, I Couldn't Even Talk About the Weather

Danny A Landau, MD

Sep 12, 2024 Link to I Was So Isolated in Medicine, I Couldn't Even Talk About the Weather

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The Cost of a Non-Compete? Your Health

Richard C. Allen, MD, PhD

Sep 3, 2024 Link to The Cost of a Non-Compete? Your Health

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Choosing Me: Leaving Training as an Act of Radical Self-Care

Mohini Dasari, MD

Aug 8, 2024 Link to Choosing Me: Leaving Training as an Act of Radical Self-Care

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Navigating the Art of Feedback

Lachlan Shiver

Aug 5, 2024 Link to Navigating the Art of Feedback

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The Beauty and Horror of Progress

Jennifer Boyle, MD

Aug 1, 2024 Link to The Beauty and Horror of Progress

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Don't Mistake Poverty for Medical Neglect

Tasia Isbell, MD

Jul 19, 2024 Link to Don't Mistake Poverty for Medical Neglect

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How Doctors Treat Themselves: Medication Nonadherence in the Medical Community

Nina Maitra

Jul 11, 2024 Link to How Doctors Treat Themselves: Medication Nonadherence in the Medical Community

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The Art of Un-Teaching in Medicine

Sidney Roberts, MD

Jul 5, 2024 Link to The Art of Un-Teaching in Medicine

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Pediatric Restraints Can Do More Harm Than Good

Tasia Isbell, MD

Jul 1, 2024 Link to Pediatric Restraints Can Do More Harm Than Good

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Dilemmas of Celebrity Endorsements

Noor F. Shaik, MD

Jun 27, 2024 Link to Dilemmas of Celebrity Endorsements

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The Most Important Tool in My Clinical Toolkit

Marjorie M Ordene, MD

May 30, 2024 Link to The Most Important Tool in My Clinical Toolkit

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Time Does Not Heal All Wounds

Brian Gilmer, MD

Apr 25, 2024 Link to Time Does Not Heal All Wounds

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What's the Point of Peer-to-Peers?

Heather Kristin Schopper, MD

Apr 22, 2024 Link to What's the Point of Peer-to-Peers?

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Women Physicians Do More ‘Non-Promotable’ Work

Carmen Frances K Fong, MD

Apr 15, 2024 Link to Women Physicians Do More ‘Non-Promotable’ Work

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'I Don't Like Doctors'

Alyssa Lambrecht

Apr 11, 2024 Link to 'I Don't Like Doctors'

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What’s the ICD-10 Code for Moral Injury?

Jenny Jones, MD

Mar 28, 2024 Link to What’s the ICD-10 Code for Moral Injury?