Challenges in Medicine

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What Is the True Cost of Medical Training?

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Read The Measure of a ‘Good’ Physician Should Not Be Someone Who Does Everything a Patient Asks Them To Do

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The Measure of a ‘Good’ Physician Should Not Be Someone Who Does Everything a Patient Asks Them To Do

Carmen Frances K Fong, MD

Mar 16, 2023 Link to The Measure of a ‘Good’ Physician Should Not Be Someone Who Does Everything a Patient Asks Them To Do

Read Nearly 90% of Doctors Support Federal Ban on Noncompetes

Nearly 90% of Doctors Support Federal Ban on Noncompetes

Vincent Myers, MS and 1 other

Mar 6, 2023 Link to Nearly 90% of Doctors Support Federal Ban on Noncompetes

Read How Leaving Clinical Practice Taught Me My Own Value as a Physician

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How Leaving Clinical Practice Taught Me My Own Value as a Physician

Raquel Rodriguez Martinez, MD

Feb 9, 2023 Link to How Leaving Clinical Practice Taught Me My Own Value as a Physician

Read The Financial Questions We Ask Ourselves When We Become Patients

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The Financial Questions We Ask Ourselves When We Become Patients

Ricardo Chujutalli, MD, MBA

Feb 2, 2023 Link to The Financial Questions We Ask Ourselves When We Become Patients

Read Is It Time to Remodel the Salary Foundation of Residency?

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Is It Time to Remodel the Salary Foundation of Residency?

Ricardo Chujutalli, MD, MBA

Jan 12, 2023 Link to Is It Time to Remodel the Salary Foundation of Residency?

Read I Don't Feel Like a Role Model

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I Don't Feel Like a Role Model

Nov 7, 2022 Link to I Don't Feel Like a Role Model

Read Why are Relationships So Difficult to Address in Health Care?

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Why are Relationships So Difficult to Address in Health Care?

Niharika Goparaju, MD, MPH

Oct 12, 2022 Link to Why are Relationships So Difficult to Address in Health Care?

Read How I Unshackled Myself From Academic Medicine

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How I Unshackled Myself From Academic Medicine

Ashwini Bapat, MD

Sep 22, 2022 Link to How I Unshackled Myself From Academic Medicine

Read 'Fee-for-Service on Steroids': How Corporations Are Taking Over Medicine

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'Fee-for-Service on Steroids': How Corporations Are Taking Over Medicine

Steve Dankle, MD

Sep 22, 2022 Link to 'Fee-for-Service on Steroids': How Corporations Are Taking Over Medicine

Read From Margins to Center: Advocacy in Neurology

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From Margins to Center: Advocacy in Neurology

Aug 30, 2022 Link to From Margins to Center: Advocacy in Neurology

Read Doctors Know What to Do, Just Not Where to Do It

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Doctors Know What to Do, Just Not Where to Do It

Lloyd D Holm, DO

Aug 29, 2022 Link to Doctors Know What to Do, Just Not Where to Do It

Read Administrative Burden Remains Biggest Driver of Burnout, Doctors Say

Administrative Burden Remains Biggest Driver of Burnout, Doctors Say

Abraham Kim and 1 other

Aug 22, 2022 Link to Administrative Burden Remains Biggest Driver of Burnout, Doctors Say

Read Why I Stopped Typing in Clinic

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Why I Stopped Typing in Clinic

Christopher Morrow, MD

Aug 15, 2022 Link to Why I Stopped Typing in Clinic

Read Why is Health Care So Behind When It Comes to Parental Leave?

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Why is Health Care So Behind When It Comes to Parental Leave?

Ryan Planchard, MD

Aug 3, 2022 Link to Why is Health Care So Behind When It Comes to Parental Leave?

Read Is There a Right Way to Round?

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Is There a Right Way to Round?

Charlotte Grinberg, MD

Aug 2, 2022 Link to Is There a Right Way to Round?

Read The Cruel Paradigm of Working in Neonatology

The Cruel Paradigm of Working in Neonatology

Kerri Z. Machut, MD and 4 others

Aug 1, 2022 Link to The Cruel Paradigm of Working in Neonatology

Read My Patient Went Against Medical Advice. By the Time I Saw Him He Was Paralyzed

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My Patient Went Against Medical Advice. By the Time I Saw Him He Was Paralyzed

Paul Calvin Holtrop, MD

Jul 5, 2022 Link to My Patient Went Against Medical Advice. By the Time I Saw Him He Was Paralyzed

Read Playing Hot Potato with Patient Referrals

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Playing Hot Potato with Patient Referrals

Sampath Prahalad, MD

Jun 21, 2022 Link to Playing Hot Potato with Patient Referrals

Read Is My Knowledge Enough to Save Me and My Child?

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Is My Knowledge Enough to Save Me and My Child?

Micaela Stevenson

Jun 13, 2022 Link to Is My Knowledge Enough to Save Me and My Child?

Read A Resident's Simple Question Made All the Difference

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A Resident's Simple Question Made All the Difference

Dallas Walter, MD

Jun 6, 2022 Link to A Resident's Simple Question Made All the Difference

Read Should Physicians Be One-Trick Ponies?

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Should Physicians Be One-Trick Ponies?

Benjamin T Ostrander, MD, MSE

May 24, 2022 Link to Should Physicians Be One-Trick Ponies?