Medscape Blogs

• Shame in Medical Training, and Owning Our Stories Does the medical training culture perpetuate a legacy of shame? A reflection by Dr Jennifer Lycette on how this harms our trainees, and how we can overcome it and change the culture.
  Medscape Blogs, June 23, 2021
• You're in 19th Grade: Time to Choose the Rest of Your Life How do you help medical students decide on your specialty? If it's clear that they're not meant to join you, how do you help them see a better path to other options?
  Medscape Blogs, June 22, 2021
• How Doctors Communicate About COVID-19 Explore a doctor's thoughts on why researchers and doctors need to learn how to communicate medical jargon, especially as it pertains to COVID-19, in ways that the general public can understand.
  Medscape Blogs, June 22, 2021
• Finding My Competitive Spirit Again From 12-hour call to racing a 10K — in hopes of mastering both.
  Medscape Blogs, June 21, 2021
• Success for a New Type of Checkpoint Inhibitor Promising results in a study of >700 treatment-naive advanced melanoma patients.
  Medscape Blogs, June 18, 2021
• Protecting Your Cancer Patients From the Plague Should your cancer patients get the COVID vaccine? Short answer: yes.
  Medscape Blogs, June 16, 2021
• Be Like Naomi: Protect Your Residents' Mental Health Lack of sleep should not be a badge of honor during residency. Shobha Stack has more on why we need to just say no.
  Medscape Blogs, June 15, 2021
• Local Warming A perfect storm for heat stroke
  Medscape Blogs, June 14, 2021
• Colonoscopy at 45 -- Is This the Right Cut Point? To live a long and healthy life, your colon needs care and attention. Unfortunately, your health is dictated by the numbers.
  Medscape Blogs, June 11, 2021
• How Toughness Is a Setup for Burnout Do we confuse toughness with resilience? What Jennifer Lycette learned from a patient about the two to avoid burnout.
  Medscape Blogs, June 10, 2021
• On the Waterfront Mark Crislip says beware the 'unwell' water. Something could lurk within.
  Medscape Blogs, June 09, 2021
• Impact of Racism on Mental Health: We Are Not Coronavirus Anti-Asian hate has spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving many feeling mentally vulnerable.
  Medscape Blogs, June 09, 2021
• Science and Medicine Go Hand in Hand The pandemic highlighted the importance of teaching rational thinking and the process of scientific research in our medical schools.
  Medscape Blogs, June 09, 2021
• An Accidental Expert Witness A cold call from 'the enemy ' revealed a dirty little secret in our profession : Sometimes we eat our young.
  Medscape Blogs, June 08, 2021
• Making Room for More Shobha Stack learns to fit her work into her life.
  Medscape Blogs, June 08, 2021
• My On-Call Life The balancing act of being a resident, how to find time to work, run, and most importantly — sleep!
  Medscape Blogs, June 07, 2021
• Why Do We Treat Early Breast Cancer Like It’s the Dark Ages? Reconstruction vs Conservation is the age-old question when it comes to breast care.
  Medscape Blogs, June 07, 2021
• Why Clusters Instead of Chains Why are some gram-positive in clusters?
  Medscape Blogs, June 07, 2021
• Is Shared Decision Making Always Best? Not all patients are enthusiastic about truly informed consent
  Medscape Blogs, June 04, 2021
• Are Physicians Ever Bullied? Physician disruptive behavior is no longer tolerated in the healthcare workplace. But our efforts to correct course are creating various scenarios in which physicians are being bullied.
  Medscape Blogs, June 03, 2021