There is one area of medical education where we have really missed the boat - we do not focus on it in medical school or in residency. And yet it has a huge impact on the rest of your practice.

"Can I get a doctor in here?" These are not words you want to hear in the emergency department. I went into the room to see what my nurse needed. I saw the nurse at the bedside with a young woman, clearly frightened with a blood-soaked towel pressed between her legs.

This book review highlights Dr. Marty Makary’s exploration of how groupthink, tradition, and flawed assumptions have led medicine astray despite its many advances. Reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic and broader medical history, the review praises Makary’s call for humility, open inquiry, and a renewed commitment to truth. Rather than discrediting medicine, the book challenges physicians to confront dogma and pursue evidence-based reform with integrity and courage.

Striving for excellence as a physician requires intentionality, lifelong learning, humility, and surrounding yourself with excellent peers.

There is an old phrase that exhorts us to "Lead by example." Stated differently, some say that more is "Caught than taught." The...

What does it mean to be an academic physician? This speech explores the four pillars of academic medicine and the importance of excellence.

As a healthcare graduate you are about to embark on a career with incredible opportunities and challenges.

How resilient are physicians? Is there a correlation between resilience and burnout?

Unless you’re a dermatologist, it is hard to see disease that is more than skin deep. This amazing organ system that protects us from so...

Healthcare burnout has become a problem of epic proportions facing out healthcare system today requiring systems-based solutions.

Healthcare is a team sport. It takes a team approach to develop meaningful, effective, and multifaceted solutions to healthcare burnout.

Burnout is a colossal issue in healthcare with negative impacts not just the provider but on families, patients and the healthcare system.