I have witnessed numerous encounters where physicians take into account the cognitive load theory and humans’ finite capacity to process. In the outpatient setting, several times a day the physician I was working with would pull up Google to search up images to show patients what exactly was going on with their condition, what certain […]
Physician-Patient Communication
I believe one of the communication gaps in physician-patient interactions is a result of physicians focusing on the disease, rather than the patient with the disease. It is no surprise that the same disease can affect patients across the spectrum very differently, and understanding how the problem affects each individual patient’s life is essential to […]
Perspective from the Surgical Patient’s Side
These past few months have been mentally, emotionally, and physically tolling for me as I dealt with a Baker’s cyst that was refractory to aspiration x 2 and conservative treatments. I ended up having to undergo knee surgery for it, and was amazed by all the things I had missed serving on the provider side, […]
