Nov. 29, 2022Tuesday emergency medicinepatient care Patient care Ketamine in the ER Ketamine has some fairly unique characteristics that make it an exceptionally useful tool for those of us working in emergency medicine.
Sept. 20, 2022Tuesday diversityDO & student voicespatient care Opinion How Roe v. Wade getting struck down impacts women of color This decision could disproportionately affect the access to safe and timely health services for African American women in particular and is concerning, regardless of personal beliefs. Diversity in Medicine By Alexander Ford, DO, RD
Sept. 1, 2022Thursday patient caretelemedicine Virtual health care access Telemedicine: Today’s frontier of health care Physicians across the country are adapting to the newest technology and using telemedicine to its full potential.
July 1, 2022Friday dietspatient care Food for thought 5 popular fad diets and how to advise your patients on them The countless diets, dietary supplements and unfiltered information disseminated on the internet often confuse and overly complicate the fundamental pillars of a healthy diet and can leave people wondering how to truly eat healthfully.
May 1, 2022Sunday patient carephysiciansprivate practice Going solo As the number of private practices shrinks, opportunities exist for ambitious physicians While running a private practice today is a daunting prospect, physicians can definitely flourish in this practice setting. Private Practice By Clifford Stark, DO
March 1, 2022Tuesday educationpatient careresidencyresidency training News in brief Funding opportunity: HRSA will provide money for residency positions The HRSA will give $19.2 million to a maximum of 30 institutions. Applications are due March 31.
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 OB-GYNpatient careThe DO book club Art of medicine The DO Book Club, Feb. 2022: It’s All in the Delivery and Motherhood, Medicine & Me One DO details his quest to improve patient communication, and another shares her experiences as a mother and OB-GYN, in this month’s featured reads. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Feb. 1, 2022Tuesday patient care Patient care From medical skeptic to grateful and compliant: My recent patient’s transformation I was blown away by the turnaround I recently witnessed in a patient who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Art of Medicine By Erin O'Laughlin, DO
Jan. 5, 2022Wednesday medical schoolmedical specialtiespatient care Medical Education Future osteopathic physicians embrace growing lifestyle medicine field The philosophy of lifestyle medicine “goes hand-in-hand with the values and osteopathic principles that are emphasized in our curriculum,” says Simal Ali, OMS II.