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A big part of medical education is mentoring. The term ‘mentor’ originates from Homer’s the Odyssey and refers to an advisor. The role of mentors var y...
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I recently watched Dr. Atul Gawande on video describe how what American healthcare needs is pit crews and not cowboys. This sentiment is also memorialized in his thought-provoking writings for t he...
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N.B. This post may be considered, um, politically incorrect. Let's just consider it in a clinical context.I am jewish, well, my mitochondria is. And if I'm right, my oral microbiome, rather, my breath is...
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Funded with a grant from the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, Costs of Care has partnered with medical educators at Harvard Medical School and the University of Chicago (that woul d...
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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 a dmission...
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The tapping of trees for maple syrup was practiced in north america for thousands of years before the arrival of the immigrants. The French adopted its use early on and it's a tradition that has had a noticeable...
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Alarm slap at 4:45, got 20 miutes to get ready. It starts with a cold bike ride through the dark park, and suddenly I have coffee and Ins & outs. The parade of patients then flies by, soon back in the...
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Entering clinicals, I never expected to like the more "procedural" specialties. But ever since I scrubbed into my first C-Section in OBGYN, I've been drawn to the OR. The excitement, the atmosphere, t he...
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The summer between first year and second year of medical school is sometimes referred to as the “last summer” since it is the last time students can travel or take off before they start th e...
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Recently, I was asked to speak about innovations in inpatient medical education for leaders in general internal medicine. Knowing that I would be last in a distinguished lineup of speakers and t hat...
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