Last year, in response to a continued groundswell of criticism focused on requirements for maintenance of certification (MOC), the American Board of…
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Last year, in response to a continued groundswell of criticism focused on requirements for maintenance of certification (MOC), the American Board of…
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The discrimination against nurse practitioners must stop
by Cristina Carballo-Perelman MD January 10, 2019I have been a neonatologist for 30-plus years. Throughout my career, nurses and neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) have guided me, assisted me…
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How can you work for 24 hours in a row? My friends outside of medicine ask me that often. What is it…
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Doctors: Fight to regain the title that is rightly yours
by Michele Luckenbaugh January 10, 2019As we have moved into the 21st century, we have witnessed a deterioration in our perception of our doctors of medicine. This…
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It was another simmering-hot Texas day, and the AC was faltering in the family-practice clinic where I worked as a family nurse…
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Interpersonal medicine already exists. It’s called family medicine.
by Kenneth Lin MD January 10, 2019A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine” received much well-deserved criticism for not only mischaracterizing EBM, but advocating…
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Despite physician burnout, medical schools are still hard to get into. Why is that?
by Suneel Dhand MD January 10, 2019It’s no secret that physician job dissatisfaction is soaring to unprecedented levels, with over 50 percent of practicing physicians reporting burnout. While many…