Medscape Blogs

• How to Make the Best of Your Worst Reviews Physicians try hard to engage with patients but do not always succeed. Though patient reviews can occasionally provide helpful feedback, they also can be nonspecific and nonactionable.
  Medscape Blogs, September 23, 2022
• Tips for Becoming a Successful Researcher as a Medical Student Are you struggling with research as a medical student and unsure about what you are doing wrong? Here are some pointers to make your experience more effective.
  Medscape Blogs, September 22, 2022
• Student Involvement in Medical School Admissions of a New Class Medical students often play a central role in admissions. This responsibility can greatly benefit institutions, students, and applicants alike and should be expanded to improve medical education.
  Medscape Blogs, September 20, 2022
• Polio Making a Comeback in the US Poliovirus is spreading in the wastewater in New York City, and the United States has already seen one case of paralytic polio. We cannot accept a low vaccination rate.
  Medscape Blogs, September 19, 2022
• Physicians and Self-care: Why Do We Want to Tough It Out? We physicians have a very stressful lifestyle, yet we often ignore the advice we give to our patients. How do we learn to take care of ourselves?
  Medscape Blogs, September 16, 2022
• Why Is It So Hard to Accurately Diagnose and Treat UTIs? Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are considered common, but they are often inaccurately diagnosed and inappropriately treated. As medical providers and antimicrobial stewards, we need to do better.
  Medscape Blogs, September 15, 2022
• Encountering Racial Abuse as a Trainee When faced with incidents of racial abuse, how are physicians and medical students expected to react? What support is available to help them navigate these discouraging scenarios?
  Medscape Blogs, September 13, 2022
• Your Focus Is Under Attack Attention and focus are in increasingly short supply both at work and at home. The reasons are both individual and societal -- and so are the solutions.
  Medscape Blogs, September 08, 2022
• 5 Contract Red Flags Every Physician Should Know Employers that offer the best compensation and benefit packages may still lose physician candidates. Sometimes revamping employment contract terms can help seal the deal.
  Medscape Blogs, September 07, 2022
• One Thing You Can Do to Be a Better Antimicrobial Steward The World Health Organization has declared that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top ten global public health threats. So what can you do to become a better antimicrobial steward?
  Medscape Blogs, September 01, 2022
• Death Is Not an Alternate Universe, in Cancer or COVID-19 Oncology has something to teach us about our response to death and dying.
  Medscape Blogs, August 31, 2022
• Disparities in Monkeypox Show Missed Opportunities Monkeypox cases continue to increase across the country, and there remains great uncertainty about the future of this new public health crisis. Lessons from COVID could have prevented this crisis.
  Medscape Blogs, August 31, 2022
• It's OK if Your Stroke Code Feels Like a Cluster#@$% A practicing stroke neurologist explains why you should embrace the pandemonium that is a stroke code.
  Medscape Blogs, August 30, 2022
• Bedtime vs Daytime BP Med Dustup: TIME vs HYGIA The TIME study presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress failed to validate the surprising results of the Hygia Chronotherapy Trial.
  Medscape Blogs, August 30, 2022
• Is America Really Ready for More Restrictive Abortion Access? After some reflection, there's one certainty about post-Roe America: More women will die if abortion access is restricted.
  Medscape Blogs, August 29, 2022
• Resiliency in Medicine A pediatrician reflects on resiliency in medicine: what it is, where it comes from, and why it is necessary for physicians.
  Medscape Blogs, August 25, 2022
• It's Time to Take a Vacation Taking a vacation from medical practice can be challenging and easy to put off, but just like we tell our patients, it's important to rest and relax.
  Medscape Blogs, August 24, 2022
• Monkeypox, Langya, and, Yes, COVID-19 Although COVID-19 is still running rampant, the focus seems to be slowly switching to other infectious diseases that may be spreading faster than expected. How much should we worry?
  Medscape Blogs, August 24, 2022
• I Missed It: Coping With Medical Error A psychologist shares her personal and professional experience with medical error.
  Medscape Blogs, August 23, 2022
• Issues with the New Step 1 Exam: Pass/Fail Scoring Is Not the Answer Did you think that a pass/fail Step 1 exam would be the answer to medical student mental health?
  Medscape Blogs, August 23, 2022