Beyond the diagnosis The DO Book Club, April 2023: “On Becoming a Healer: The Journey from Patient Care to Caring about Your Patients” In this book, Weiner makes an eloquent effort to identify the challenges of practicing 21st century medicine and to suggest ways to engage with patients despite many inherent obstacles. April 3, 2023MondayApril 2023 issue The DO Book Club Joan Naidorf, DO Joan Naidorf, DO, is an emergency physician, speaker, and author from Alexandria, Virginia. Contact Dr. Naidorf
Curiosity in medicine: An interview with JOM’s editor in chief The Journal of Osteopathic Medicine recently received a Journal Impact Factor (JIF), which has bolstered the journal’s credibility and prestige in the research world. JOM Editor-in-Chief Ross Zafonte, DO, shares his journey into research and the journal’s goals.
Orthopedic surgeon forms physician support network, AOA accepting nominations for advocacy awards North Carolina orthopedic surgeon Ted Parcel, DO, recently founded the Physician Cancer Network after a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer. The AOA is currently accepting nominations for the 2024 advocacy awards.
I wish we were called doctors of physicians and not “providers”. Makes healthcare feel like just a job and not something of value or respecr. Apr. 27, 2023, at 7:11 am Reply
We have been working to eliminate the use of “provider” in our newer stories. I don’t see a use of provider in this piece — if you can point it out to me, I’ll be happy to update it. Thanks! Apr. 27, 2023, at 10:07 am Reply