The 2023 match saw 555 emergency medicine (EM) residency positions go unmatched. This increase from the previous year, when 219 positions were initially unclaimed, signifies medical students’ waning interest in the specialty, triggering alarm and introspection across the field. Night shifts, no lunch break, little continuity of care have always been well-known downsides of the EM physician … Read More
Halloween is a frightening, yet fun, time, filled with candy and costumes. For physicians working in the emergency department (ED), it may seem as though they only see tricks and mishaps, and not as many treats. Seeing patients dressed in their costumes reminds us that it’s a special day—I recall coming across an older gentleman … Read More
The business of medicine involves “balancing the art, science and business side of medicine, whether you run your own practice or work for a hospital,” according to OMED23 speaker Reagan Anderson, DO.
The American Osteopathic Association’s The DO is the nation’s most well-known news publication focused on osteopathic medicine. The DO covers topics relevant throughout each stage of medical training and career, from med student to retiree. The DO is predominantly written by DOs, for DOs.
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) recently opened an additional location in Great Falls, Montana, the school’s third college of osteopathic medicine and sixth medical school. The TouroCOM-Great Falls campus is the first nonprofit medical school to open in Montana.
Leo Tolstoy’s best-known writings, “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina,” do not pack quite the punch found in his short novella, “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” A powerful read, his novella remains a classic for narrative medicine, offering philosophical, religious, ethical and moral dilemmas and attempting to distinguish between right and wrong and good and … Read More
In the wise words of former First Lady Nancy Reagan, “Time is short, and life is precious.” In 1987, Mrs. Reagan was found to have an early-stage breast cancer. She eventually chose to have a modified radical mastectomy.
Pain evokes numerous states of consciousness. Magnificent and unyielding, it can lead to great awakenings. It can follow us throughout our lives, as if having a consciousness of its own.
What do you want to be when you grow up? We begin hearing this question at a very young age, when our interests usually revolve around make-believe and potential career aspirations: being a firefighter, police officer, nurse, doctor or myriad other capeless superheroes.