Aug. 11, 2021Wednesday DO & student voices In your words The psychological repercussions of patient complaints There needs to be a better way to protect patients and support physicians.
Aug. 4, 2021Wednesday DO & student voices In your words Doing good in the world as a medical student We do not need to wait until we are doctors to start making our impact.
July 14, 2021Wednesday DO & student voices In your words How 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.
June 29, 2021Tuesday DO & student voices In your words The 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.
June 23, 2021Wednesday DO & student voices In your words 8 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.
May 24, 2021Monday DO & student voicesThe DO book club Fallibility, mystery, uncertainty The 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.
May 5, 2021Wednesday DO & student voices In your words On medical school students’ mental health during COVID-19 Medical students are struggling. Here’s what medical schools can do to help us.
April 27, 2021Tuesday DO & student voices Personal account The 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.
March 24, 2021Wednesday DO & student voices Medical education An 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.
Feb. 24, 2021Wednesday DO & student voices A life in medicine In 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.