In your words
July 14, 2021How autoimmune disorders almost derailed my medical training
Some families have a multigenerational legacy like medicine or a family recipe. My family’s legacy is autoimmune disease.
Topic: DO & student voices
In your words
June 29, 2021The life cycle of emotion in medicine
I started medical school with unbridled optimism and emotional availability. Now, as an attending, I’m making a conscious effort to embrace those qualities in myself again.
In your words
June 23, 20218 things I learned in my first year as an attending
The transition from resident to attending comes with its own learning curve. Here are my takeaways.
Fallibility, mystery, uncertainty
May 24, 2021The DO Book Club, May 2021: Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, shares insights on residency training, difficult treatment decisions and medical errors.
In your words
May 5, 2021On medical school students’ mental health during COVID-19
Medical students are struggling. Here’s what medical schools can do to help us.
Personal account
April 27, 2021The DO Book Club, April 2021: When Breath Becomes Air
In this memoir, Paul Kalanithi, MD, reflects on his life and the state of medicine after receiving the news of his terminal lung cancer at age 36.
Medical education
March 24, 2021An MD student reflects on learning osteopathic manipulative medicine from a DO
“It wasn’t until I spent two months learning OMM that I realized the value of my own sense of touch as a tool to diagnose and treat patients,” writes Simone Phillips, MS IV.
A life in medicine
Feb. 24, 2021In memory of a mentor and inspirational leader: Bernard Lown, MD
A prominent cardiologist, Dr. Lown invented the the first reliable direct-current defibrillator and authored an influential book on compassion in medicine.