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As we seek to combat the epidemic of obesity, doctors can show the way by engaging in regular physical fitness.
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Nov 10
Health Starts with Us
As we seek to combat the epidemic of obesity, doctors can show the way by engaging in regular physical fitness.
Sep 11
Methods Matter
I recently ran across this clip discussing how much weight we should give to research and academic elites vs following our common sense. ...
Jun 22
A Good Teacher is also a Learner
Our family makes it a practice around the dinner table to ask each other about our day as an effort to stimulate conversation together....
May 7
Do as I say... And as I do!
There is an old phrase that exhorts us to "Lead by example." Stated differently, some say that more is "Caught than taught." The...
Apr 28
Forever Strong
Some say that up to 80% of patients present to the emergency department with conditions that are a result of the decisions that they...
Mar 9
Outlive
Since the beginning of entropic history, we as humans have been searching for the fountain of youth. There are two guaranteed dates that...
Aug 28, 2023
POCUS Underwater
Ultrasound has been studied in environments ranging from the battlefield to outer space. This study evaluates ultrasound underwater.
Aug 21, 2023
What Does it Mean to be an Academic Physician?
What does it mean to be an academic physician? This speech explores the four pillars of academic medicine and the importance of excellence.
Aug 13, 2023
POCUS Saves Money
POCUS is the use of ultrasound by physicians at the bedside. This paper looks at the effects on cost when POCUS is used.
Jul 25, 2023
Ultrasound Meets Ham Radio
POCUS is a powerful adjunct in the evaluation of patients. Transmitting images with HAM radio can help in austere environments.
Jul 3, 2023
The Price We Pay
Healthcare is a $4.3 trillion industry extracts a high cost on patients. This book explores drivers of cost and ways to reduce waste.
Jun 28, 2023
POCUS to predict Cholecystectomy
Can gallbladder POCUS predict the need for cholecystectomy without confirmatory imaging? This paper attempts to answer that question
May 31, 2023
The Story of our Hands
The calluses on our hands tell our story an allow us to face the difficulties in life that we encounter.
May 23, 2023
A Letter to Healthcare Graduates
As a healthcare graduate you are about to embark on a career with incredible opportunities and challenges.
Apr 1, 2023
In Response to Tragedy
This week we were horrified by the tragedy in Nashville. Frequently we experience tragedy in the lives of our patients. How do we respond?
Mar 3, 2023
Physician Resilience and Burnout
How resilient are physicians? Is there a correlation between resilience and burnout?
Jan 18, 2023
The Power of POCUS in the House of Medicine
Unless you’re a dermatologist, it is hard to see disease that is more than skin deep. This amazing organ system that protects us from so...
Jan 5, 2023
A Death in the ED
Medicine is an an awesome privilege to play a small part in the lives of our patients that may have an impact that ripples in eternity.
Sep 17, 2022
Battling Healthcare Burnout
Healthcare burnout has become a problem of epic proportions facing out healthcare system today requiring systems-based solutions.
Aug 16, 2022
Ideas to Reduce Burnout: A Word to Healthcare Leaders
Healthcare is a team sport. It takes a team approach to develop meaningful, effective, and multifaceted solutions to healthcare burnout.
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