Last time on Medicine Mondays, we talked about Residency Interviews and then also Traveling for Interviews on Whatever Wednesdays. I’m going to switch gears today and talk about how “Good Doctors are Bad Patients”. This is kind of pseudo follow-up to my prior post, Good Doctor, Bad Doctor, Bad for Doctor. So what do I mean that Good Doctors are Bad Patients? Well, what are some of the personality traits of a “good doctor”. Someone with a good […]
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Today’s topic is kind of only circumferentially related to medicine, and more relates to my past expectations. Also, apologies if the site was loading slowly recently. I think the new Twitter widget was slowing things down. I have since removed it because I feel speed is more important. For those interested in my twitter, you can just click the link at the top. I tend to reply to med students and residents, mostly with GIFs. Thanks to […]
Past, Present and Future Me
So I follow what is happening in startups because I find it fascinating. One of the things I keep coming across is “machine learning” and “artificial intelligence” and their potential to “disrupt” medicine. A recent article talked about this phenomenon in general: “Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming. But Why Now?” – New York Times Here are 90+ Artificial Intelligence Startups in Healthcare So… why now? Well, a lot has happened since the early days of AI. […]
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Guest Post from @DrBloomDO / @docsoftomorrow How to Crush your Rotations Study on your own. Students often ask me questions about things they don’t know one day (perfectly fine), only to ask me the same exact question the next day (NOT fine!). Do you realize how irritating this is?! It tells me you don’t care enough to spend a few seconds googling the answer. Even worse than looking bad is that not knowing something puts your patients […]
How to Crush Your Rotations – Guest Post from @DrBloomDO ...
EpiPen has been in the news a lot lately, mostly about the recent price increases. This has led to strong backlash and criticism against its parent company, Mylan, and its CEO, Heather Bresch. There is a lot information going around. However, I’m going to try to summarize what I have read and pieced together. Ok first things first: EpiPen recently increases the cost of a 2-pack of its product to $608. This was a significant increase since it previously cost […]
EpiPen
This is copied from my recent Quora answer. I am 25 and applying to a pre med program in the Caribbean, I’ve never taken any medical college courses before, should I take a couple at a local CC? First things first. I am a graduate from a Caribbean Medical School, so I am somewhat qualified to answer this question. That link which will take you to my blog post on the subject as a primer […]