Nov. 1, 2022Tuesday The DO book club Past, present, future The DO Book Club, Nov. 2022: What Doctors Feel, The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine, A Christmas Carol This month’s books examine where modern medicine’s been and may be heading, how what doctors see and do affects them emotionally, and what our real business is. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
Oct. 1, 2022Saturday retirement Golden years The pros and cons of staying involved in medicine after retiring There are many ways to “stay in the game” after retiring from active practice or scaling down one’s workload. Let’s explore some of them. Back Nine By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
Sept. 1, 2022Thursday The DO book club Women and medicine The DO Book Club, Sept. 2022: Letter to a Young Female Physician, Ask Me About My Uterus, Practical Management of Pain Three worthy reads address women in medicine, women’s pain and a modern approach to pain management. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
Aug. 1, 2022Monday Planning ahead Pack your retirement go-bag now Life happens. Preparing for your retirement sooner rather than later will ensure a smoother transition when the time comes. Back Nine By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
July 1, 2022Friday Stories in medicine The DO Book Club, July 2022: Playing Doctor Part 1, How Doctors Think, Wet My Hands Three compelling books examine medical school, the physician’s thought process and transitioning from physician to patient. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
May 1, 2022Sunday scope of practiceThe DO book club The nature of caregiving The DO Book Club, May 2022: The English Patient, Flying Blind and Patients at Risk In its own way, each book examines the core of what we do as physicians, what our job is and where our responsibilities lie. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
April 1, 2022Friday retirementwork-life balance Retirement Medicine as your Second Life: What happens when the game ends? Medicine is what we do. In retirement it is or will become what we did. How will you handle the transition to a non-physician identity? Back Nine By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
March 1, 2022Tuesday cardiologypatient careThe DO book club Narrative medicine The DO Book Club, March 2022: Heartsounds, Echoes of Heartsounds, Changing How We Think About Difficult Patients Heartsounds vividly describes the author’s experiences and emotions as her husband, a urologist, suffers a myocardial infarction while she is out of the country. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
Feb. 1, 2022Tuesday Golden years Retiring from medicine: The best of times or the worst of times? Whether we dread retirement or can’t wait to get there, saying goodbye to a career in medicine is never easy. Back Nine By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
Jan. 12, 2022Wednesday The DO book club ‘The cost of saving a life’ The DO Book Club, Jan. 2022: Lightning Flowers In the book, Katherine E. Standefer focuses on the rare metals that many complex medical devices require and the often ugly way they are obtained.