One student’s reflection on first impressions and attractiveness
Category: Opinion
Medicine: The Noblest Stressor
Medical doctors take care of the sick, but who takes care of medical doctors?
Consent for Pelvic Examinations: Reflections from a Student
There’s a concept in politics known as the Overton Window. It’s not an actual window, but rather it represents a range of acceptable ideas and policies at a given point…
Ignorance (Mask Up Please)
I spy a maskless med studentThe one whose mask lies anterior to their neckThe one who laughs at the ignorance of anti-vaxxersNews flash, you aren’t any betterPut your mask on…
Medicine’s Creepy Problem – Part 3: Where Do We Go Cotton-Eyed Joe?
We finish our discussion on exploring the topic of the NP/CRNA/PA scope creep from Part 2: The Congressional Tango. Here, we talk about the possible futures in store for us…
Medicine’s Creepy Problem – Part 2: The Congressional Tango
We continue our discussion on exploring the topic of the NP/CRNA/PA scope creep from Part 1: Turf Wars. Here, we discuss the origin of the debate and the societal forces…
The Shaky Ethics of the Booster
A student’s reflection on the ethics of the COVID-19 booster shot
Medicine’s Creepy Problem – Part 1: The Turf Wars
A Spectre is Haunting Medicine – the spectre of creep. For many years the growing conflict between physicians and mid-level providers has served as the ugly backdrop for souring relations…
The Approval of Aducanumab Scares Me. It Should Scare You Too.
The practice of medicine is based upon the Hippocratic Oath. This oath, attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates, set the ethical framework for our profession over two thousand years ago….
The Boys Club
By Michele Bohlmann One of the things about being a medical student is people love to ask you what kind of doctor you’re going to be. This is a tricky…