The reason I love grand rounds is that it offers me the opportunity to see stuff that I might normally overlook. No themes here, per se. Just some good stuff from around the web. The response was great and all offered something unique. I have chosen, however, to select some of the best material for your reading pleasure. Rather than generate a massive dung heap ... Continue Reading about Grand Rounds – Voices from the Medical Blogosphere
When Doctors Don’t Introduce Themselves
So I’m in the exam room recently with a new patient. After some initial dialog with the child and family I launched into the business of problem solving. Ten minutes into my history the mother politely asks, “I’m sorry, and you are?...” I hadn’t introduced myself. I had left my ID badge at my workstation and by order of some innocent distraction with the child ... Continue Reading about When Doctors Don’t Introduce Themselves
I See Patients
In The Sixth Sense there was that kid who saw dead people. I'm like that. But I see patients and their parents instead. They’re all around me. They’re watching at the grocery store when my kids act up. We meet during anniversary dinners, at Christmas Eve service and on the treadmill at the Y. I bump into parents when buying personal effects and even during the ... Continue Reading about I See Patients
iPhone Attribution Error – When Patients Think the Doctor is Texting
This post from nurse blogger SaraBethRN is important. She recounts an experience where she referenced her iPhone for a lab value and was accused of texting on the job. This has happened to me on a couple of occasions. It’s the iPhone attribution error: If you’re looking at your iPhone, you must be goofing off. We sometimes associate phone use with those who are ... Continue Reading about iPhone Attribution Error – When Patients Think the Doctor is Texting
Physician Online Reputation Management – 2 Realities
This KevinMD post by Tobin Arthur on online reputation management is well done. After some thought, I feel a simple approach would be to boil physician online reputation management down to two realities: 1. You have no control over what people say Discouraging. But think of it this way: While you can’t control what people say, you can influence what people say ... Continue Reading about Physician Online Reputation Management – 2 Realities
Doctors and the Gifted Bias
I work in a big medical school my job involves teaching the next generation of doctors. And I live with a gifted bias. Here’s what I’ve noticed: We love bright trainees. They garner our attention. We give them awards. We discuss them in glowing terms. They make us proud. I've seen colleagues work the call schedule so as to be assigned most efficient resident ... Continue Reading about Doctors and the Gifted Bias