It's the doctor's note that everyone's reading. A woman in the final stages of cancer made a visit to the New York Presbyterian Hospital ER and subsequently passed away. The patient left such an impression with the treating doctor that this letter of condolence was sent from the doctor to the surviving husband. You can find the original note shared by the woman's ... Continue Reading about When a Doctor’s Note Goes Viral
You Can’t Stop Public Conversation
I hear occasionally of medical schools that prohibit students from blogging or using tools like Twitter. But those trying to legislate the conversation don't realize how fragmented our channels of dialog have become. And the rules that are created never really make sense. Blogging is prohibited but long comments are fine. Twitter is verboten while Instagram, ... Continue Reading about You Can’t Stop Public Conversation
An Institution’s Responsibility to a Public Physician
We talk a lot about the responsibility of doctors to respect a certain standard when it comes to their public presence. I’ve suggested that we’re accountable to our communities, colleagues and our patients. Extreme views and rogue behavior have a way of reflecting badly on those around us. The question then becomes, what responsibility do institutions, colleagues ... Continue Reading about An Institution’s Responsibility to a Public Physician
Doctors, Patients, Old and New
There’s this tension that I pick up on when I talk with patients. It’s the fantasy of the new and the old. It’s the fantasy of the physician encounter where a doctor will look at us and never to a screen. We insist on all of the affordances of the digital age with the human connection of a time gone by. We want an intensely human connection but we want ... Continue Reading about Doctors, Patients, Old and New
Social Screening Medical School Candidates
From Postgraduate Medical Journal in November 2012 comes Influence of social networking websites on medical school and residency selection process. The investigators surveyed 600 U.S. medical school and residency admissions representatives regarding their social screening medical school candidates in the selection process. If you can crawl over the paywall, you’ll ... Continue Reading about Social Screening Medical School Candidates
Public Doctors. Public Thinking
I’ve been thinking about doctors who think out loud. Public thinkers. Public doctors. What I’m referring to is doctors creating content and having conversations in areas where everyone can see. Writing blogs, creating videos, creating e-books, or curating links on Twitter. It’s a term that involves not just social dialog but the individual creation of retrievable ... Continue Reading about Public Doctors. Public Thinking