“While opposition to the vaccine may be hardening, pediatricians and family physicians enjoy an advantage the CDC and Dr. Fauci may not: namely, they are liked and trusted by patients. In general, parents look to personal physicians for guidance …
Category: Education
Stigma and stereotypes have no place in medicine
“He’s not even an MD, Jimmy. He’s a DO. This guy can’t even afford the good letters.” “They’re basically the same, but they’re totally not. MD is Coca-Cola. DO is RC Cola.” “A DO is like an of…
Addressing the lack of Black male physicians through early intervention
“When I grow up, I want to be a pediatrician or a surgeon.” Those were the words I wrote as I graduated fifth grade. I often ask myself how I have been able to navigate a world so unfamiliar to me, how I have carried on with my ambitions despite being …
Medical school and the science of sleep
The article can be read or listened to. It is in the format of an interview between a radio host and the sleep scientist and director for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley, Matthew Walker. He takes the audience through the j…
Unsolicited advice from unmatched residency applicants: Hope for the best, plan for the worst
When you enter medical school, you put your trust into an unspoken promise: Work hard, pass all your classes, and you’ll come out as a doctor after four years. While mostly true, this perception doesn’t take into account the residency application proce…
The evolution of medical training in dermatology and the impact of technology
In nearly every field, ongoing education is warranted, if not explicitly required. Be it the informal transfer of knowledge between colleagues, or a more formalized process like recertification, nearly every profession mandates some form of maintenance…
CDC Sees Large-Scale Covid-19 Outbreaks At Schools Not Following Safety Guidelines, Asks Them To ‘Do The Right Thing’
A recent CDC report found that student Covid-19 case rates were 3.4 times lower in schools that followed CDC recommendations compared to the community during the winter peak.
Medicine rewards self-sacrifice often at the cost of physician happiness
We’ve all been told by a well-meaning friend, family member, or therapist, “You can’t care for others unless you care for yourself first.” Put your oxygen mask on first, blah blah. But in medical training, we repeatedly demonstr…
It’s time for the ACGME to protect house staff with work-hour reductions and OSHA protection
A few months ago, I submitted an article to KevinMD summarizing a narrative review I compiled grounded in advocacy journalism asserting that Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-regulated: 1) work hour maximums, and 2) U.S. Depa…
Joy is our antibiotic. Let not your stings fester.
I had a nightmare last Christmas. I thrashed in bed for at least an hour before slipping into a seat at the start of a medical lecture. Some of my classmates were present, and while standing next to a friend’s desk, he said, “Wow, your knee is red and …
