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As I am on service, I realized that one thing that can be easily lost in the race to take care of patients with limited duty hours – the social history. The social history is part of the admission “history and physical” that once included a myriad of information about the patient’s job, life, and [...]
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Sign in now“Be prepared to talk about anything you write in your statement.” – This is sound advice. You must be able to explain anything you’ve written without stumbling on your words.
Of all the researches in the world for the poor medical student, the global health rotation is the one I would strongly recommend. I have seen students blossoming in their research, while at the same time having fun. It calls for discipline. It calls for dedication. It calls for the need to feel human. For the most comprehensive community involvement, choosing an undeveloped or developing country offers a great scope of interest. It can prove to be very humanitarian.
The most important point to ponder is the joy of the ride from the first year to the last. The less students worry about tomorrow or next year or the following year of study, the more they will be in control and succeed. Have a plan, but be in the NOW.
Thanks, your post was really helpful and got me thinking. Thanks. Once again for The advice.
Social history is quite often missed, incomplete, or inadequate. It is extremely important not only for the diagnosis of relavant diseases, but for managing our patients effectively and in a manner permitted by their socioeconomical class, goldmine of information. Thank you for the post
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Prakash
http://medicalinformationforyou.blogspot.in/
Hi,
My name is Mike Corrao, and I’m the owner of MCAT Question of the Day, a free resource for pre-med students that prepares them for the MCAT one question at a time. In addition to MCAT questions, we also have an MCAT Wisdom section which features articles pertaining to test-taking strategies, pre-med life, etc.
In an effort to expand our site’s offering to pre-med students, we’re building this cool new feature called the Pre-Med Magazine, which is basically an online magazine that will be distributed to our mailing list and will be publicized (hopefully) around campuses and such. I was trying to find a great way to organize our Wisdom articles into an easy-to-consume format, and I feel like this may be it.
My question to you is: would you like to be a part of the first issue? I’d love to have you in it, as I’ve been reading you blog for quite some time now!
Let me know, I’d be really excited to work with you!
Thanks,
Michael Corrao
http://mcatquestionoftheday.com
michaelcorrao@ufl.edu
The “Lollipop” men (or women) you’re looking for already exist and they are called Case Managers! Promoting effective transitions of care is one of the key responsibilities of case managers–health care professionals who are experts at care coordination. Case managers are a key member of the interprofessional collaborative care team not only in the acute care setting, but in settings throughout the care continuum. I’d suggest a visit to the CMSA website (www.cmsa.org) to learn more about who case managers are and the critical role they play.
Thank you for your comment. I have worked closely with case managers and share your enthusiasm that they can serve this role for ensuring a care transition goes smoothly. If one takes a specific process in healthcare, you can imagine many types of “lollipop men.” The question is what is needed when we think about the broader picture of deciding on the care a patient receives across the entire spectrum of care for complex medical patients? A medical home will need a leader. While there is potential for nonphysician clinicians in this role, a primary care physician is still going to be the critical central role for the most complex medical patients who are the high cost patients that everyone is focused on. Of course, those patients also need great case managers, so I think its safe to say the 2 are surely complements, but not substitutes for one another!
Hey Vineet,
My name is Alec, a co-founder of MCAT Question a Day (http://www.mcatquestion.com) which has been serving free practice questions to premeds since 2008. Recently we launched a blog to provide an additional level of support for premeds. I’ve browsed your blog and think your perspective would be really great for our students.
We’ve thought of a few ways we could work together including a link exchange, us reposting some of your blog posts with reference to your blog, you reposting some of ours with reference to our blog, or even you coming on as a guest contributor and discussing a new topic. In the last scenario we’d simply ask you add a link to our site on your blog as a resource or otherwise write up a quick post about us.
Please let me know if this is something you’re interested in or any other ideas you might have for collaboration. I look forward to working with you!
Best,
Alec Lee
Co-Founder MCAT Question a Day
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