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The Causes of Burnout

By Michael M. Kearney, MD What have I or my colleagues done to protect from physician burnout? How fortunate we are that people come to us for help, we know how to help them, earn a comfortable living as we help them, and our work is respected by society. Yet too many of us face […]

Patient Safety Scenario #3: Negative Effect of Surgeon’s OR Behavior: Flying Solo

(Captain Rick Saber at the controls. He is a leader in the field of aviation safety and how “Black Box Thinking” can make medicine safer.) This essay is the third installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. A comparison of safety in aviation […]

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Patient Safety Scenario #2: Protocol Communication Failure

(Captain Rick Saber at the controls. He is a leader in the field of aviation safety and how “Black Box Thinking” can make medicine safer.) This essay is the second installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. A comparison of safety in aviation […]

Practice Environment, Pros And Cons

By Lawrence T. Donovan, DO I can recall vividly a conversation that I had with my dad in 1978 after my first year of medical school when he was passing on some very sage advice. My dad was a pathologist who practiced at three small, rural hospitals in Iowa and Minnesota, traveling 45,000 miles per year […]

Solo Practice: Challenging But Rewarding

By Pedro Negrao Ramos, MD My name is Pedro Ramos and I’m from Porto, Portugal. In Portugal, you don’t have an organized hand fellowship, so I did my hand training during orthopedic residency with two very experienced hand surgeons in a level one trauma center in Porto. They were “responsible” for my passion with hand […]

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The Causes of Burnout

Patient Safety Scenario #3: Negative Effect of Surgeon’s OR Behavior: Flying Solo

Patient Safety Scenario #2: Protocol Communication Failure

Practice Environment, Pros And Cons

Solo Practice: Challenging But Rewarding

My Career Course

A Fork in the Road. Followed by a Road Trip.