Medical Lifestyle Perspective

• Has Emergency Medicine Residency Lost Its Appeal for Good?   Drs Glatter, McNamara, and Ho discuss the high number of unmatched emergency medicine positions, what's behind it, and whether it can be fixed.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, May 16, 2023
• Rounding in Country Music Helped This Doctor Find Balance A busy medical practice causes many to drop their hobbies, but this cardiologist kept playing music -- and he and his patients were all the better for it.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 10, 2023
• Occupational Mpox Virus Transmission to Healthcare Worker This report describes a case of occupationally acquired monkeypox virus infection in a healthcare worker, highlighting the potential risk for transmission.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 27, 2023
• Workplace Bullying in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine How prevalent is workplace bullying in the clinical laboratory setting, and how might it affect productivity and professional job fulfillment?
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, April 26, 2023
• General Neurology Needs Recruits and Respect   Kathrin LaFaver, MD interviews Louise M. Klebanoff, MD, about her recent viewpoint on why modern neurology fails outpatients and the importance of generalists.
  Medscape Neurology, April 24, 2023
• Infographic: Is Your Pay Rising as Fast as Your Peers'?   Physicians report on what happened with their total compensation in 2022, which specialties pay the best, and whether the gender salary gap is closing in medicine.
  Medscape, April 20, 2023
• How to Become Wise "If life were a video game, I've not earned the wisdom level yet," Dr Jeffrey Benabio writes in his column this month.
  MDedge, April 10, 2023
• Prior Authorizations: Time to Rebel? A practicing psychiatrist says it's time for healthcare professionals to organize a collective rebellion against prior authorizations, which at best delay patient care and at worst hasten death.
  Medscape Psychiatry, April 06, 2023
• The Physician as Leader Effective leaders have an open (growth) mindset and pay unwavering attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to building relationships and trust.
  MDedge, April 06, 2023
• On Friendships: What Canadian Physicians Say Today Physicians may struggle to make and maintain friendships alongside work, family, and other responsibilities, according to our survey findings.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 28, 2023
• Deadly Caissons, Toxic Watch Faces and More Medical Mysteries Here are four case reports that changed the course of public health.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 20, 2023
• Infographic: How Successfully Are Physicians Confronting Suicide Risks? Physicians reveal how often they have thought about or even attempted suicide and why they sometimes fear confiding these issues with their families or employers.
  Medscape, March 09, 2023
• Dorsal Augmentation: A Review of Current Graft Options This review looks at the current graft and implant options for dorsal augmentation in rhinoplasty.
  ePlasty, March 09, 2023
• A Protocol for COVID-19 Transmission During Tracheostomy COVID-19 tracheostomy protocols could help reduce transmission risk during these procedures, but are these safety recommendations being properly adhered to?
  American Journal of Critical Care, March 06, 2023
• How to Help Your Colleagues, Coworkers, and Staff Many people in your professional orbit may need you to step in and help them address mental health issues. Here's how to do that, one step at a time.
  Medscape Physician Business Academy, February 28, 2023
• How Physicians Can Promote Their Own Mental Health Looking within — by identifying and delineating your positive and negative feelings, and how these feelings are manifested — can go a long way toward helping you determine your mental health status.
  Medscape Physician Business Academy, February 28, 2023
• Physician Mental Health Challenges and Stigmas Many physicians keep their mental illness or mental challenges secret, for fear that acknowledging or admitting to depression, drug dependency, and other significant problems will derail their career.
  Medscape Physician Business Academy, February 28, 2023
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health Changes to healthcare triggered by the pandemic have had a deep and lasting effect on mental health and how physicians and patients perceive and react to challenging situations.
  Medscape Physician Business Academy, February 28, 2023
• Mental Health: What Is It? Because mental health is not often discussed in medical school and beyond, many physicians have difficulty addressing their patients' — and their own — emotional welfare.
  Medscape Physician Business Academy, February 28, 2023
• Infographic: How Bad Are Burnout, Depression for Physicians? Hospitalists assess contentment levels at the office and in their personal lives before and after COVID-19 shook the profession. They also reveal favored approaches for maintaining mental health.
  Medscape, February 28, 2023