The focus of rounding

Her understanding of different rounding styles highlights a key question about rounds and graduated responsibility.

Annals On Call – a new podcast

Many of the episodes delve into controversy.  I love to understand disagreements, especially in guidelines.

Keeping up – the value of twitter

Over the years, many students and residents ask me – how do you keep up? For many years I had no good answer.

On teaching clinical reasoning – all about case conferences

We must model clinical reasoning.  Patient stories provide the bones, and the discussion provides the meat.

Are useful notes in our future – the return of SOAP

I was trained to write notes like this.  They are problem oriented and reveal our thought process.  I can only hope we return to this style.

Teaching new interns and students – stress the basics

This time of the year, but actually at all times, make certain that the team knows the basics.  We can always add in some spice as patients dictate.

How can attending physicians promote wellness?

During my time with them, I can impact their daily activities, but I can also serve as a role model of wellness.

Making efficient rounds

We now know from research that paying attention to all details need not be an attending physician responsibility.

Another guideline problem – inaccurate CV risk estimation

When the recent lipid primary prevention guideline released in 2013, I was deemed at “high risk” for CV disease. 

Sore throats – #thefineprint

As the author of the Centor Score, I would like you to consider these points when seeing sore throat patients.