Jonathan Coleman
Jonathan Coleman is a medical student.
Education
I was sitting on hold in the resident room gearing up to beg the IT person that would soon come on the other line for enough authorization to be able to view the residents’ patient problem list, and I found…
I was sitting on hold in the resident room gearing up to beg the IT person that would soon come on the other line for enough authorization to be able to view the residents’ patient problem list, and I found myself thinking about what some of the old docs must think of us third-year students now. Talk to some of these older physicians and they’ll tell you their stories of …
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The infantilization of medical students
Policy
Most of us have grown accustomed to Google and Facebook. When I had an Android phone, I quickly got over the initial creepiness factor of going into a restaurant, bar, or store and having a message from Google popping up…
Most of us have grown accustomed to Google and Facebook. When I had an Android phone, I quickly got over the initial creepiness factor of going into a restaurant, bar, or store and having a message from Google popping up with reviews, menus, or coupons. I liked that Google could recommend times to leave or asked if I went to a certain spot often. But Facebook and Google are basically …
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Why Internet privacy matters for patients
Education
How do you ask a person to be the last person to go through an education system that is failing them? Yet we’re doing just that. Every day tens of thousands of medical student wake up to an education, and…
How do you ask a person to be the last person to go through an education system that is failing them? Yet we’re doing just that. Every day tens of thousands of medical student wake up to an education, and an education system, that is failing them. This is not to say that we are not producing good doctors. On the contrary, our doctors are likely the most well-educated, and …
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