Giving up the knife: Saying goodbye to surgery
This year, I stopped doing surgery — giving up the knife, so to speak. It wasn’t an easy decision to make. I’ve been a surgeon for 32 years since graduating from medical school. It’s been a distinct part of who I am for most of my life. This doesn’t mean I’ve retired. I’m still practicing
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Giving up the knife: Saying goodbye to surgery originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Randall S. Fong, MD Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs
Fonts, Syllabi, and Poop | TAPP 123
Host Kevin Patton revisits the concept of using thesyllabus and othercourse documents to build apositive and productive course culture.Poop—it ' s everywhere! Does thefont or typeface we use affect students —especially regardinglearning andmemory? We look for answers in this episode!00:00 | Introduction00:52 | Revisiting the Syllabus16:28 | Poop. Poop. Poop.19:00 | Sponsored by AAA19:59 | Fonts Are Important in Teaching& Learning30:54 | Sponsored by HAPI31:57 | Desirably Difficult Reading?42:00 | Sponsored by HAPS43:00 | Fluent& Dysfluent Fonts56:12 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or ac...
Source: The A and P Professor - September 20, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 19 September, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Other than ads for mHHealthRecord training in obscure regional spots from the ADHA there seems little happening much at all.Is there any critical news I have missed?-----https://www.itnews.com.au/news/adha-starts-turning-cyber-security-strategy-into-reality-585047ADHA starts turning cyber security strategy into realityByRichard Ch...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: RISE Hybrid Academy
Colleen HroncichSchool closures, mask policies, and curriculum battles have surely accelerated the growth of education options over the past couple of years. But some parents, teachers, and educational entrepreneurs were ahead of the curve —like Nicholle Anatol, founder ofRISE Hybrid Academy.A veteran teacher of over 20 years, Nicholle was always frustrated because she saw too many kids falling through the cracks and knew there were other ways to teach them. She founded RISE, an online private school, so she could provide another option to children no matter where they live.“So much of life today is individualized...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Don ’ t give up on private practice just yet
The medical landscape for practicing physicians is changing. Seemingly the option of “hanging one’s shingle,” being your own boss, setting your schedule, and providing personalized care in a warm and cozy environment, “Marcus Welby style,” isn’t a viable option anymore. Rather, graduating physicians are choosing between the options of becoming a hospital-employed physician, hospitalist, employed
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Don’t give up on private practice just yet originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Helen Rhodes, MD Tags: Physician OB/GYN Practice Management Source Type: blogs
It Seems Australia Is Really Finding It Difficult To Make The Hoped For Digital Transformation!
ConclusionThe aspiration of the PC interim report is clear: it is about how declining productivity can be addressed through a better digital economy. Earlier this month, Treasurer Jim Chalmers also said that he hoped the digital dividend report would spur a genuine national conversation about how to reverse the poor performance, and flagged that boosting productivity would be a focus of the Jobs and Skills Summit.While the PC interim report is a strong statement of why Australia should be doing better than it is, its recommendations seem to fall short of the mark. Better digital infrastructure, data sharing, data skills an...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Why physicians require business skills [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “There are two valuable reasons why all physicians, especially medical students, should obtain or demand from their medical school academic business education. About 98 percent of physicians and medical students have never had an academic business education. About 30 to 50 percent of graduating
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Why physicians require business skills [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Sepsis Sleuths
Sometimes we can be our own worst enemies without even realizing it. One devastating example is sepsis: our body’s overwhelming or impaired immune response to an insult—usually an infection or an injury to the body. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sepsis affects at least 1.7 million people in the United States each year, and it can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. (See our sepsis fact sheet for more information.)
Credit: CDC.
Sepsis is complex and not well-understood, so it’s challenging to diagnose and treat. NIGMS, along with its other NIH and Department o...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 13, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Tools and Techniques Computational Biology Research Roundup Sepsis Source Type: blogs
Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?
We described above how changes in opioid policy aimed at reducing Washington State’s Medicaid and Workers Compensation costs contributed to an increase in methadone deaths between 2003 and late 2014 (23-25). Focusing on similar cost reductions, the Centers for Medicar e and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rules for 2019 including several directives intended to reduce " Opioid Overutilization, ” including adoption of the “90 morphine milligram equivalent (MME) threshold cited by the 2016 CDC Opioid Guideline (147, 148). Simply put, reduced prescribing reduces costs for prescribed medications.Chou received research fu...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - September 12, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Tags: health policy judy kollas opioids research schechtman Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 08, 2022 Edition-----In the US we are seeing the outcomes of Climate Change really of and running with droughts and fires etc. Biden amped up the partisan divide with a fiery anti-Republican speech!In Russia the last leader of Soviet Russia died.In the UK we have a new PM while in Europe the energy crisis is just getting worse.In OZ we have survived the Jobs and Skills Summit with 36 prearranged outcomes. Stage management +++ in action. The GP crisis is not being addressed fully and worries regarding the Global Economy - esp. China - worsen.-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/educati...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 8, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Teaching Human Reproduction | A Chat with Margaret Reece | TAPP 122
VeteranA&P educator andreproduction researcherDr. Margaret Reece joins host Kevin Patton to talk about challenges of teaching humanreproduction and development. Reece also briefly discusses heronline resources (MedicalScienceNavigator.com) and her experiences in helpingoverwhelmed A&P students succeed in their studies.00:00 | Introduction00:43 | Reproductive Biology08:13 | Sponsored by AAA08:58 | Ultrasound& Reproductive Biology20:25 | Sponsored by HAPI21:13 | Basic Science35:27 | Sponsored by HAPS36:33 | Medical Science Navigator50:19 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the aud...
Source: The A and P Professor - September 8, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Gorbachev ’s Russia
David BoazIn 1990, after the liberation of Eastern Europe but while Mikhail Gorbachev was still in power in the Soviet Union, I visited Moscow and St. Petersburg as part of a Cato Institute conference. One evening at dinner I was seated next to a young Russian woman, a graduate student or young researcher. She told me she was studying Italian. I asked why. She said, “Because I love Italy! ” I asked, “What do you like — the people, the language, the food?” She replied, “Everything!” Then I asked if she had been to Italy. “No,” she replied wistfully. And I f...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Training Students and Communicating Science on Capitol Hill
Dr. Mikhail Bobylev. Credit: Minot State University.
“I’ve been infected with this enthusiasm for science, and I think that carries over to my students. Essentially, I lead by example,” says Mikhail Bobylev, Ph.D., a professor of chemistry at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. He researches ways to improve the chemical synthesis of medicinal molecules, and since 2004, he’s has mentored more than 70 undergraduate researchers in his lab with support from the NIGMS-funded North Dakota IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE).
Dr. Bobylev focuses on training students to conduct rigorous,...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 31, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - August 30, 2022.
This article explores thekey functions of the CISC as outlined on its website.-----https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/living-standards-at-risk-without-big-data-and-artificial-intelligence-20220823-p5bbyt.htmlLiving standards at risk without big data and artificial intelligenceByShane WrightAugust 23, 2022 — 10.30pmAustralian living standards could slip behind those of other countries if the government and businesses fail to use and analyse data or take advantage of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Productivity Commission has warned.As part of its broader examination of ways to lift the nation ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 30, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Fill mid-level positions with unmatched medical graduates
In a crowded primary care clinic in an inner city, Mr. Smith, with pursed lips, was sitting next to his oxygen tank and waiting patiently for his doctor. He gratefully commented on how much the oxygen tank had helped him with his daily activities. However, his recent Covid-19 infection had exacerbated his symptoms. It had
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Fill mid-level positions with unmatched medical graduates originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 29, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Alice Nguy, MD Tags: Education Primary Care Source Type: blogs
