We often hear the phrase “practice what you preach.” As both a physician and a patient,…
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How to break the cycle of judgment in medicine [PODCAST]
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Meeting transgender patients where they are: a health care imperative
An excerpt from Pandemics, Poverty, and Politics: Decoding the Social and Political Drivers of Pandemics from…
How value-based care transforms chronic kidney disease management
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults, while approximately 2 in…
Why rigorous training is vital for today’s surgeons
Are you serious? It’s 2 a.m., and you take a patient to the OR for what…
Why so many doctors secretly feel like imposters
One of the most important—and least discussed—truths in medicine is this: Feeling inadequate in medicine isn’t…
Why hospital jobs are failing physicians: burnout, pay, and lost autonomy
Hospital employment was once billed as the solution to the headaches of private practice — a…
The cost of ending shadowing in medical education
A faculty-wide email recently announced that shadowing in our emergency department would no longer be recognized…
The hidden cost of professionalism in medical training
I sat in my pink childhood bed, my name still written in cursive above it from…
Rethinking physician resilience for sustainable well-being
Personal resilience is one of the three core components of the Stanford model of physician professional…