Category: primary care

The hero’s journey: Understanding professional identity formation in graduate medical education

“Every person is the hero of their own story.” – Aaron Saguil, MD Problem: The demands of medical training continue to put trainees and faculty at a high risk of burnout and mental health issues. Initial responses to this crisis cente…

Imagine if doctors billed like lawyers

Let’s play a little game of “What if?” Tune into your creative side for a few minutes—imagine, just for a second, if we billed like lawyers. I know, I know… I’m not saying we should, but imagine. Please let that sink in for a mo…

Life lessons from the Paris 2024 Olympics: How sports inspire health care

I was fortunate enough to attend the Paris 2024 Olympics with my family. There were several reasons why I wanted to attend this sporting event. Growing up, I sailed and participated in other sports, which taught me many lessons that continue to benefit…

Planting the seeds of a work ethic

I was in eighth grade when I boarded a plane alone for a flight from Atlanta to Philadelphia. The airport was a confusing but magical place. This was before the tragedy of 9/11, and by today’s standards, we got out of our cars and almost waltzed …

7 proven strategies to conquer board exam anxiety for physicians

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill This quote comes to mind when I look back at board prep and all the times I sat for those inhumanely long exams. You might be an early-career physician in the midst of pr…

People-pleasing is exhausting: my journey to self-care and boundaries [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! We sit down with Laura Suttin, a family physician, to explore the emotional complexities of setting boundaries, especially in times of personal and professional pressure. …

The clean slate approach: Transform your day with this simple mindset shift

Do you begin each day with a clean slate? What if you could? How different would the new day be if you weren’t picking up where you left off—with the stuck energy, the stale energy, the energy of being drained at the end of the shift, at the end …

What Blue Zones can teach us about health [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join us for a conversation with Michelle Tollefson, a physician specializing in lifestyle medicine, obstetrics, and gynecology. Michelle shares her transformative experien…

America’s “sick” secret and the need for a primary care czar

America has a systemic and pernicious problem: health care without primary care. Just a century ago, primary care physicians were the trusted cornerstone of the U.S. health care system, providing the first point of entry into health care, addressing mo…

Nurse practitioner reveals startling flaws in APRN education: Is patient safety at risk?

Recently, Bloomberg published an article titled “The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners” by Caleb Melby, Polly Mosendz, and Noah Buhayar, which brings to the public’s attention the dismal state of education for APRNs….