It’s a narrative that has become disturbingly familiar: different health care providers, yet the same traumatic story. Ramon, an idealistic new nurse, was drawn to nursing to make a meaningful impact in the lives of the most vulnerable. But in an…
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Is the MCAT still vital for medical school admissions?
I recently concluded my application cycle with an acceptance, and I’ve been catching up on the news regarding medical school admissions. Admittedly, I’m disappointed. Also shocked by how much can happen while being occupied. It kind of felt…
The top regret of the dying: Are you living your true life?
During her time working with people who were dying, nurse Bronnie Ware found that one of the top 5 regrets is, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” (Source: The Top Five Regre…
Health care’s hidden struggles: a paradigm shift [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Vickie Leff, a palliative social worker. We’ll dive into a thought-provoking conversation about shifting the health care paradigm, where we explore the emotional toll on health c…
My spinal cord injury story from physician to patient, and how I rebuilt my nervous system
t took a traumatic spinal cord injury in 2008 to transform my life. The experience was a radical awakening. I was told that I would never walk again. On one fine spring day in 2008, my life changed forever. I was walking to work when I was hit by a car…
The superhero spectrum in health care
Strategic thinking: The Doctor Strange of health care. Health care professionals, much like Doctor Strange, often engage in complex decision-making, foreseeing multiple outcomes to choose the best path for patient care. Your ability to strategize and a…
Should you fire back after a stealth firing?
Stealth firing is a term used to describe the cold, unexpected firing of employees by their managers and/or individuals from human resources (HR) departments – sometimes without the manager’s awareness and even after years of loyalty for some. Th…
Tragic turn in the OR: A rookie doctor’s race against time
An excerpt from A Surgeon’s Knot. The phone jarred Jackson Cooper, MD’s weary, anxious brain into consciousness from the edge of sleep. He jumped up, dropping the receiver on the cold floor of the call room. “Hello,” he said, te…
How one family’s hero ended a pandemic [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Shan Liu, an emergency physician and co-author of Masked Hero: How Wu-Lien Teh Invented the Mask and Ended an Epidemic. Discover the journey of Wu Lien-teh, Shan’s great-grandfat…
Pandemic aftermath: Navigating a new normal in health, education, and social dynamics
Psychological distress. In 2021, 40% of high school students felt sad and hopeless, 20% seriously considered suicide, and 10% attempted it, with suicides among young people hitting their highest rates ever, though they fell in 2022. Since the greatest …
