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Finding the right fit: Considerations for a confident clinical career choice

Sound Physicians

Are you looking for a vibrant city life or a quieter, family-friendly community? Look at the leadership structure, continuing education opportunities, and potential for advancement. Study this as closely as the job description and be sure to consider: Where you work is where you’ll live : Consider if the area matches your lifestyle.

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Drugs Vs. Digital Therapeutics – A Digital Symbiosis

The Medical Futurist

This shift has been brought about by the rise of Digital Therapeutics (DTx), healing that can be administered right through our smartphones. The title, Drugs vs. DTx, is a classic case of the “it’s complicated” relationship status. Think of it like traditional drugs, but instead of swallowing a pill, you’re tapping on an app.

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Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Sound Physicians

From the very start of my transition to medical director, I have enjoyed the incredible support, education, and development needed to fulfill the duties of this position. I was born and raised in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Toronto with my family. It was my job to work back to that program and gain that respect back.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

But even in 2024, millions live outside the reach of conventional emergency services be it in Vanuatu or the Inuit communities up North in Canada. These new ‘colleagues’ will definitely make a difference in every field of medicine. But there is undoubtedly impressive progress.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. It is a heavy load and yet I think all of us here think that it can be lighter when there are supportive programs and community engagements in place.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Self-surveillance solutions, disease guides, educational apps as well as telehealth platforms appeared naturally in dermatology in the past decade. Self-care and telemedicine for patients The options of teledermatology services, as well as self-care platforms, are soaring. Cureskin aims to help alleviate the situation.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. You got it.

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