10 Myths About Mental Illness in Crime Fiction
I’m the rare girl who went to medical school with a love of watching whodunits and ended up — 10 gruelling years later — a forensic psychiatrist. Forensic psychiatry is the most thrilling job imaginable, but forensic psychiatrists in mysteries and crime TV have some very different roles than we do in real life. We […]
Opinion | Can the Surgicalist Model Solve OR Staffing Challenges?
A number of factors are driving doctors out of the medical field, and our country’s healthcare system is at a crossroads. There are two important things healthcare leaders can do to ensure physicians working in critical roles, such as surgeons and anesthesiologists, stay in the profession and continue providing patients the care they deserve. First, […]
Opinion | Fostering a New and Diverse Generation of Clinicians
As a medical student, I never saw myself as a future CEO or anything close. I was often the only Black person in the room in classes and rotations. After I became an attending, I spent a great deal of time and mental energy fitting in. Speaking up and having opinions were luxuries I couldn’t […]
Lesion Removed From Biden’s Chest Was Cancerous
US President Joe Biden arrives at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on February 16, 2023. – President Biden is at Walter Reed for his annual physical exam. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS via Getty Images WASHINGTON (AP) — A skin […]
Reclaiming the Health Misinformation Spiral on Social Media
As medical students and future pediatricians, we recognize that childhood vaccines are one of the single greatest public health achievements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Yet, for one of us, a pregnant cousin announced over the Thanksgiving dinner table that she wasn’t going to vaccinate her unborn child. No matter the facts, research, or […]
Opinion | Gaslighting and Dismissal: The Consequences of Invalidating Patients’ Concerns
Social media has really exposed the trauma caused by gaslighting, dismissal, and misogyny by medical professionals. Chronic illness groups are rife with posts recounting the poor treatment they suffered at the hands of doctors. Imagine presenting with extreme fatigue, intermittent balance problems, and tingling in your hands and, after a cursory exam, being told your […]
One Paid Medical Malpractice Claim May Signal More to Come
Physicians who had a prior paid medical malpractice claim were three to four times more likely to have future claims, according to a retrospective case-control study, challenging the commonly held notion among physicians that medical malpractice claims are simply bad luck or random events. Among every physician licensed to practice in the U.S. at the […]
Medical School Dating and Relationships 101
[embedded content] Some people will tell you that relationships during medical school are impossible. They’ll say that you don’t have enough time for romance and you should focus solely on your studies. But I disagree. Although medical school is incredibly demanding, to say that it’s impossible to have a healthy relationship during this time is […]
Med Schools Withdraw from U.S. News List, but Say Hospital Rankings Are Separate
A number of high-performing medical schools that have withdrawn from the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings also have related hospitals that also regularly top the outlet’s “Best Hospitals” list. So, what might the medical school decampment mean for affiliated hospitals going forward? Indeed, several medical schools have said their decisions to not participate […]
Opinion | The Million-Dollar Mistake
Every physician without a business education who works in private medical practice leaves approximately $1 million on the table, and is unaware of that, a fact that’s well known to business experts who work with doctors experiencing financial difficulties. Experts such as Dan S. Kennedy, Peter Drucker, Michael Gerber, Maxwell Maltz, MD, Neil Baum, MD, […]