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A Decade of Blogging!

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Okay, now I'll admit I've done a horrible job of keeping up with the blog lately especially given that this is only my fifth post of the year, but today is still super special for me. I was originally told that as a premedical student and single mother with low stats, that I would not make it into medical school.

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The Power Of A Nurse

StorytellERdoc

He signs off the last of information on his seventh patient to his replacement, sharing the important medications, vitals, activities, and care-plan in depth. She doesn't want to be late for her family reunion. My family practitioners' and specialists' nurses, always greeting and treating me with a big smile.

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Corona Together

StorytellERdoc

Gone are the carefree smiles, the uncomplicated daily lives, and the thought that we and our families are immune to unexpected death. Friends and family have asked me my thoughts on Covid-19, maybe believing I have some special information simply from being on the front lines. We are all scared. Wear a mask.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

You can hear Tyler and I having a great time singing together and sharing stories around his podcast My Medical Mixtape. And I was fortunate to record an episode of my medical mixtape with Tyler at the w hich meeting were we at, Tyler ? And so this is a shout out to our inpatient palliative team at Dell Medical School.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we hope that you will find this episode useful. Brad’s not a pediatric medical geneticist.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. JAMA Health Forum.

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

GeriPal

Nathan: I have drawn for my entire life, but I gave up cartoons because I thought I had to during medical school and residency. But if you look at my lecture notes from medical school, it’s just plastered with cartoons and doodles. I thought doctors are serious, cartoons are not serious. It was in there just trying to escape.

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