On the matter of climate change and global warming, the fuse is lit. The current epoch of Earth is the “Anthropocene,” meaning…
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Recently, I was at a health care facility in a semi-urban region, less than 100 miles from a major metro. It had…
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Policymakers: Put down your carrots and sticks. They will not work.
by W. Ryan Neuhofel DO MPH April 5, 2019As a family physician in the trenches, I routinely see blatantly poor medical care in the history of my new patients. Far…
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Patient satisfaction should not be driven by poorly-designed surveys
by Stephen P. Wood ACNP-BC April 3, 2019A young male patient checks into the emergency department (ED) and is brought back to a room for an ankle injury he…
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On a daily basis, patients of mine come in for office visits complaining of wear and tear injuries, as well as aches…
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Superhero movies: a perspective from a woman in medicine
by Sherry-Ann Brown MD PhD April 1, 2019Superhero movies have long been my favorite. When I used to have a hobbies section of my resume, action adventure, thriller, and…
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Celebrating Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American female physician in the United States
by Kristyn J. Smith DO March 20, 2019Last month on February 3, 2019, we celebrated National Women Physician’s Day (NWPD). Created in 2016 by the Physician Mom Group (PMG)…
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I started sharing my journey through medicine on Instagram about four years ago after I failed the musculoskeletal block during my first…