As I was listening to a seminar on racial disparities in colorectal cancer screening yesterday, the speaker brought up an excellent point about the importance of virtual empathy going forward in this new era of telemedicine. He stressed that we need to think of ways to integrate empathy into our virtual interactions with patients because […]
Educating our Patients
As a resident physician, I take the topic of education very seriously, especially when it comes to my patients. This stems from the fact that growing up during my doctor’s appointments I was very curious about what was going on. From my pediatrician to my own gynecologist, I would also ask regarding the procedures, tests, […]
Asking Advice from a Pre-clinical Student
My advice: don’t do it. You could do it. But expect for a long-winded, circumferential attempt to deduce a diagnosis that is unlikely there. We may be a better search engine than WebMD, but not by much. See, our time is devoted to learning about the pathophysiology, down to which molecule went wrong. Patients don’t […]
