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Will telemedicine take your job?

#LifeofaMedStudent
Physician
March 18, 2017

Telemedicine is often in the news and until recently I had only casually glossed over the latest articles. The details I paid little attention to, but the headlines I would remember. “Great for rural areas” I would read! “Extend physician reach!” “Get specialists to greater numbers of patients with unique conditions!”

As a nearly graduated anesthesia resident in a large city with an abundance of doctors, I didn’t think telemedicine would have …

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Will telemedicine take your job?

A medical school goes pass-fail: Why this change must happen everywhere

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Education
January 14, 2017

Well, I’m officially that old, bitter resident. I had to walk uphill to medical school 10 miles there and back. “In my day,” medical school was fail, pass, high pass, or honors. I recently found out that the medical school I graduated from has changed the first two years of basic science courses to simply pass/fail (while retaining the honors/high pass grades in clinical rotations). I am so annoyed!  Why …

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A medical school goes pass-fail: Why this change must happen everywhere

What a life in medicine means to me: What this resident is thankful for

#LifeofaMedStudent
Physician
November 22, 2016

Thanksgiving is this week, and I have a lot to be thankful for, both inside and out of medicine. Life isn’t always easy as a resident, and to quote the lyrics of Journey, “And lovin’ a [medicine] man, ain’t always what it’s supposed to be.”

What’s a life in medicine mean to me? It’s certainly not the glamorous. I’m on the back half of 30 years old. I’ve been a doctor for little over …

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What a life in medicine means to me: What this resident is thankful for

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