Empathy is the cornerstone of compassionate and effective patient care, though the concept is more often seen as an abstract ideal rather than as a definitive principle of patient-physician interaction. This topic is frequently at the center of discussions surrounding medical ethics, as it is an...
Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person. While many advancements in precision medicine have been made, the practice is not currently in use for most diseases. By using big...
Burnout is a widely discussed topic within the medical community, affecting the lives of physicians, nurses and medical students alike. In extreme cases, when burnout goes unnoticed or untreated, it can even lead to suicide. Considering the breadth of this ongoing topic of discussion, there isn’t much in...
While many factors go into the formation of trust, the results of a recent test published by Academic Medicine reveals what actually leads to resident trust in an intern. The model used to perform the surveys was created through preliminary interviews with residents at the...
Medical school admissions officers are adjusting their expectations of medical school applicants in response to the ever-changing healthcare landscape. Medical schools seeking to reduce the current and projected shortage of primary care providers are changing the way they select applicants, meaning that the next generation of prospective medical...
Cliches such as “it’s never too late” are true but tend to have less value the older we get. Life happens - marriage, kids, and responsibilities, though beautiful and fulfilling, can pile up over the years. These responsibilities, some of the most meaningful things in...
Meet 18 year old Malachi Love-Robinson. This February Florida teen Malachi Love-Robinson was arrested on charges of practicing without a license, and held on $21,000 bail. He was caught after treating an undercover sting officer during the grand opening of his own natural holistic practice -...
Medical Definition Of Burnout 1a: exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration b: a person affected with burnout When researching the effects of burnout among medical students, it seems that most symptoms stem from similar circumstances to the ever-growing...
Defensive medicine, also called defensive medical decision making, refers to the practice of recommending a diagnostic test or treatment that is not necessarily the best option for the patient, but acts as a safety net to protect the physician against the patient as potential plaintiff...
Winners were announced recently at the first meeting of the newly expanded AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, which includes participants from 32 of the nation’s medical schools. From physician burnout to data sharing, ambitions of winning this year’s AMA’s Medical Education Innovation Challenge...
