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Exploring Medical Trainees Perspectives on Narrative Medicine Education and Narrative Humility [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention: We designed an hour-long student-led workshop to present to event attendees, focusing on narrative structures, their powerful influence on the illness experience, and the concept of narrative humility. Results: 31 out of the 33 respondents (93.9%) agreed that the workshop provided them with new knowledge about NBM.

Education 130
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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

GeriPal

Those disruptive events or shocks often portend a major decline in function from which people with dementia never fully recover. Today we talk about disruptive events, or health and wealth shocks. So thought it related to our theme of disruptive events about different ways in which you may experience an early demise.

Illness 52
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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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Underneath

StorytellERdoc

What Mr. Brown didn't probably realize, though, is that as important as his providing a detailed history may be, these obscure observational moments, wordless and symptom-producing, can provide just as much, if not more, information to a treating physician like myself. I never remember to mention these skin grafts. I did get it.

Physicals 100
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Sleep problems and Insomnia in Serious Illness: A Podcast wtih Cathy Alessi and Brienne Miner

GeriPal

For those with serious illness, sleep problems and insomnia are all too common. I personally think there is no excuse for us not to be providing in getting CBTI for our patients. In our sleep clinic, we have a couple different behavioral sleep medicine providers that can do CBTI. Insomnia sucks. Chronic insomnia sucks even more.

Illness 85
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Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

Focusing on these broader indicators provides a more accurate picture of your health and helps you make lasting changes that truly benefit your well-being. You might start skipping social events to avoid "unhealthy" foods, skipping meals if your “safe” foods aren’t available, or over-exercising despite injury or illness.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. But I think there’s a lot on us and I don’t necessarily think that we’re doing anything with ill intent because we want to do right by our patients. Could have been people weren’t seeing their providers. Go ahead, Connie.