Time to bring back morbidity and mortality conferences
My post on the changing culture of medicine as reflected in the way we talk about our errors in M&Ms is up at kevinMD. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/07/time-bring-back-morbidity-mortality-conferences.html
Celebrating the Holidays
My piece on Brain, Mother blog with Lauren Apfel on why I love celebrating the holidays. A little belated, but I am aiming to get my holiday cards out by the end of January, so it isn’t the only thing belated this winter. Happy New 2014 everyone! 🙂 http://www.brainchildmag.com/2013/12/celebrating-the-holidays-two-different-perspectives/ Also, for the record, what we … Continue reading
Physician Compensation up at KevinMD
My post on physician compensation up at KevinMD http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/11/society-reflected-doctors-paid.html
Giving my cell phone number to a patient. Is that what doctors should do?
Check out my new post on the pros and cons of doctors giving out their cell phone numbers up today on kevinmd. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/10/share-direct-contact-information-patients.html
Our Words Leave The Most Lasting Impression
My variously named post – “The Weight of Words” or “Our Words Leave The Most Lasting Impression” is now up at kevinmd.com. Check it out at http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/10/words-leave-lasting-impression.html
We Survived Childhood, They Will Too
My new post on evidence-free parenting up on scarymommy today. Check it out at http://www.scarymommy.com/survived-childhood/ How long can I manage to breastfeed? Is any formula OK? Should they sleep train? Cry it out? Is it OK to bring them in bed with you when the often described but never witnessed “put down in crib … Continue reading
The Women’s Table
Oh, no. I’m at the loser table, I thought walking into the large room for our summer intern lunch. I sat at my assigned table with the other female bioengineering summer interns and the one female manager, while looking around enviously as the male interns I worked with sat elsewhere with the men. Every woman who works in a male dominated field wants to be sitting at the table with the highest level leadership, and we know, just as everybody … Continue reading
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