Challenges in Medicine

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

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From Margins to Center: Advocacy in Neurology

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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

Daniel Novinson, MD, MPH 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

Christine E. Bishop, 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?

Read The Racist Language That Masquerades As a Diagnosis

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The Racist Language That Masquerades As a Diagnosis

May 24, 2022 Link to The Racist Language That Masquerades As a Diagnosis

Read Some Days, Being a Physician Feels Like Deja Vu

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Some Days, Being a Physician Feels Like Deja Vu

Heather Kristin Schopper, MD

May 23, 2022 Link to Some Days, Being a Physician Feels Like Deja Vu

Read Why I Am Choosing To Be “Inefficient” In Medicine

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Why I Am Choosing To Be “Inefficient” In Medicine

Colleen McDermott, MD

May 3, 2022 Link to Why I Am Choosing To Be “Inefficient” In Medicine

Read We Aren’t Taught Enough to Be Doctors Outside of the Hospital

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We Aren’t Taught Enough to Be Doctors Outside of the Hospital

Sathvik Namburar, MD

May 3, 2022 Link to We Aren’t Taught Enough to Be Doctors Outside of the Hospital

Read The High Price We Pay for Health in America

The High Price We Pay for Health in America

Adrian Agudelo, MD and 1 other

May 2, 2022 Link to The High Price We Pay for Health in America

Read Food Is Medicine. Hospital Food Currently Is Not

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Food Is Medicine. Hospital Food Currently Is Not

Benjamin T Ostrander, MD, MSE

Apr 26, 2022 Link to Food Is Medicine. Hospital Food Currently Is Not

Read No Job Interview I’ve Had Has Actually Evaluated My Doctoring Skills

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No Job Interview I’ve Had Has Actually Evaluated My Doctoring Skills

Charlotte Grinberg, MD

Apr 26, 2022 Link to No Job Interview I’ve Had Has Actually Evaluated My Doctoring Skills

Read What Does Climate Change Have to Do With Medicine?

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What Does Climate Change Have to Do With Medicine?

Rebecca K. Tsevat, MD

Apr 25, 2022 Link to What Does Climate Change Have to Do With Medicine?

Read Why We Need to Diversify Medicine

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Why We Need to Diversify Medicine

Apr 25, 2022 Link to Why We Need to Diversify Medicine

Read Why Should Hospitals Have to Pay for Uninsured Patients?

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Why Should Hospitals Have to Pay for Uninsured Patients?

Paul Calvin Holtrop, MD

Apr 18, 2022 Link to Why Should Hospitals Have to Pay for Uninsured Patients?