Medscape Blogs

• Unintentional Lessons of Third-Year Clinical Rotations Between delivering babies, running codes, and managing diabetes, there is a lot to learn from clinical rotations that I know will contribute to my future role as a resident physician.
  Medscape Blogs, May 20, 2022
• The Stigma Associated With Mental Illness and Antidepressants Let's have an open conversation about mental illness and antidepressants.
  Medscape Blogs, May 19, 2022
• How to Move From Defensive to 'I Have This!' An experienced nurse provides scenarios in which effective communication avoids confrontation and frustration despite an overwhelming workload.
  Medscape Blogs, May 18, 2022
• Student Loan Forgiveness Plans Exclude Physicians President Biden's administration is zeroing in on a plan for student loan forgiveness in the lead-up to the midterm elections. Why aren't doctors being included?
  Medscape Blogs, May 17, 2022
• Smoking Cessation Drug Side Effects Aren't as Bad as You Think There are many reasons why patients don't get smoking cessation counseling, but fear of drug side effects shouldn't be one, writes Chris Labos, MD.
  Medscape Blogs, May 17, 2022
• When Words Are Not Enough A psychologist shares her experience exploring a common thread tying patient and provider together.
  Medscape Blogs, May 16, 2022
• Running to the Top: Exercise and Mental Health The secret to a healthy life? Exercise.
  Medscape Blogs, May 12, 2022
• When Is a Mask Mandate Not a Mask Mandate? The travel mask mandate is dead for now. Should we resuscitate it or let it peacefully pass away?
  Medscape Blogs, May 11, 2022
• Online Physician Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly More patients are finding their healthcare providers online on the basis of physician reviews and ratings. But what if those results are completely misleading or inaccurate?
  Medscape Blogs, May 11, 2022
• Finding Your Wolfpack in Academic Medicine How I learned to surround myself with like-minded people in academic medicine to no longer feel "out of place."
  Medscape Blogs, May 10, 2022
• What I Wish I Knew Before Starting My First Job Search You do have a say in what your job looks like and you absolutely deserve that.
  Medscape Blogs, May 09, 2022
• Burnout: Is Leaving Your Current Job the Answer? Burnout is real, but if you have your priorities set and clear, it is easy to negotiate.
  Medscape Blogs, May 06, 2022
• Letter to My Younger (MS-1) Self What if you opened a letter from yourself at the start of med school? From what I've learned about medicine and personal growth in the past 4 years, this is what I would say to my younger self.
  Medscape Blogs, May 06, 2022
• TV Doctors: I'd Like to Have a Word With You Hollywood needs to hold health professionals to higher standards.
  Medscape Blogs, May 05, 2022
• Being Mindful and Present With Patients: Challenges and Solutions We all know that we are supposed to be "in the moment," but that is hard to do in clinical practice. There are some tools that make it easier to be present with our patients.
  Medscape Blogs, May 04, 2022
• Nursing Is Not Gardening How categorizing nurses can lead to missed opportunities in growth and development.
  Medscape Blogs, May 04, 2022
• Take a Hike. It Saved My Career and It Just Might Save Yours Working during the COVID-19 pandemic in an ICU-stepdown, experiencing burnout, and the life lessons I learned.
  Medscape Blogs, May 03, 2022
• She Survived Smallpox and Then Swayed Doctors Lady Mary Montagu helped bring inoculation to Britain, paving the way for the world's first vaccine.
  Medscape Blogs, April 29, 2022
• What's in a Name? Protecting Your Practice Brand Practices that trademark names and logos are ahead of the game in protecting their brand.
  Medscape Blogs, April 29, 2022
• Tenure: A System Built on Coercion Academic medicine depends on us giving away our labor for free. Why do we keep doing it?
  Medscape Blogs, April 28, 2022