I often get asked the question about the value of social media, specifically Twitter, when it comes to medicine. As a physician-in-training, I find myself wearing many hats. After much contemplation and through personal experience, I think you are missing out if you don’t join the social media train. I want to explain why I […]
The Importance of Health Diplomacy
In the wake of the recent Ebola panic and the stigma surrounding health workers upon their return from infected regions, the viability and benefits of providing foreign medical assistance are increasingly cast into question. What critics of overseas medical efforts fail to realize in the midst of their paranoia however is that health diplomacy continues […]
Why Bioethics Can’t Be its own Profession
The deeper I get into my medical education the more I feel as though a bioethicist cannot function professionally only on that title and education, rather it seems as though the integration of bioethics into a larger field such as medicine or law is a necessity. As an aspiring physician, I had contemplated the valuable […]
