Medical School Regrets: Physicians Look Back
It’s certainly not healthy to dwell on the past. However, it can be hard not to think about what you could have done differently if you could do it all over again. Physicians feel this. The “shoulda, woulda, couldas” of our days in medical school will forever be in the back of our brains. If you had it to do all over again, would you do it the same? Or, would you do it all? According to a 2012 study, nearly half of...
Why Doctors Always Seem Happy
For patients, doctors usually appear perpetually chipper, always friendly and in the best spirits. But, the reality is that often times behind that jolly, energized exterior lives a burned-out, over-worked spazz. So what is a physician’s secret to keeping up with appearances? I think it stems heavily from the vibes we get from our environments. Despite the fast-paced and overwhelming nature of a doctor’s career,...
Helpful Travel Apps for the Locum Lifestyle
These days, we use our smartphones and tablets for everything and anything. It’s almost impossible to remember what we did before the modern conveniences of the new millennium to make life easier for us. And now, with the increasingly popular healthcare jobs in travel positions; people are finding the useful advantages of technology to help them through everything from finding the closest Chick-fil-A, to booking a last-minute...
Docs Debate: Are Female Pelvic Exams Even Necessary?
For anyone who may not be familiar, I.E. most males (not including OBGYNs), a pelvic examination on a woman is when a physician inspects a female’s genitalia urethra, vaginal, and anal region; a speculum exam of the vagina and cervix; and bimanual examination of the uterus, cervix, ovaries, and the fallopian tubes.” Recently, the American College of Physicians (ACP) has now issued a brand new guideline that actually...
Technology Take Over: New Apps Provide Doctor Insights via Text
What if you could receive medical advice from your physicians without having to step foot into their office? On average, patients wait between 10 and thirty minutes to be seen by a physician and once inside the room, typically spend a mere eight minutes face-to-face with his or her doctor. Well, some doctors have turned entrepreneur and now work hand-in-hand with smart phone apps. There’s a new technology emerging that has patients...