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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Illness Script

The Clinical Problem Solvers

So the illness script we developed as a first-year medical student will evolve over time. lab tests, imaging, and/or pathology). Perhaps most importantly, illness scripts are dynamic and evolve as we get more exposure to the condition through our own clinical encounters or by hearing or reading about others’ cases.

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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

and it has been linked to rising rates of physician depression , doctor suicide , and medical errors. Despite increasing attention to physician wellness , the rates of burnout continue to rise—especially among frontline clinicians, medical students, and residents. Let’s not waver on the truth.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

I think the first time I noticed it was, like as a medical student when you would rotate on one service with one attending and they would make decisions about how to treat a case one way. They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. Amber: Norm is, yeah.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Something that I’d very little experience of having been a medical student in Pakistan. Haider: But the reason I was able to do that was because I was a medical student and I knew all the therapists and they would just say, “Okay, you can just show up. That’s getting better now, but it is still there.