Post Author: Dennis Bethel, MD

This doctor orders pregnancy tests on men. You’re probably doing it too.

Tech
March 27, 2016

I order pregnancy tests on men. In fact, I do it pretty frequently.

Now before you go and question my professional competency, let me assure you that I went to a good medical school. I also completed a four-year residency in emergency medicine at a top-notch residency program. I was board-certified less than one year after finishing and have maintained that status ever since.

Despite this, I still order pregnancy tests on men.

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A patient who was more than just the town drunk

Physician
December 11, 2015

Valley Medical Center was an iconic hospital and a great place to learn the craft of emergency medicine.  It was an old TB hospital that eventually became Fresno’s county hospital.  Sitting at the corner of Cedar and Kings Canyon avenues VMC was nothing to look at.  However, the combination of rampant poverty, violent gangs, and severe shortages of both doctors and nurses, made it an ideal place to do residency.

In …

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Doctor dinosaur: Physicians may not be exempt from extinction

Physician
November 9, 2013

I grew up in a solidly middle class family.  Our home was safe, loving, and we never wanted for anything.  My parents believed in hard work and instilled in me the importance of a college education.  I was the first kid on the block to have a computer.  That Radio Shack TRS-80 was a marvel of modern technology and made me the envy of my friends.  Today, a TRS-80 is …

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