When I was a medical student, we had to practice drawing blood on our lab partners. I remember the first day we did it. One guy fainted as h... [...]
A surgical resident writes I’m sure you have read several recent studies suggesting that current general surgery residents are poorly traine... [...]
An orthopedist asked me if I could explain why a couple of papers of his did not generate any feedback. He wasnt even sure that anyone had r... [...]
Four years ago, I wrote a post called "Hints for new residents." Among my 15 tips was this: "Read, read, read. This isnt like... [...]
About a year and a half ago, I blogged that a medical student on Twitter used a blog post of mine as evidence. In January, the Canadian Jour... [...]
I made a rookie mistake in statistics of the “correlation is causation” genre by confusing variation for causation in the recent JAMA Surger... [...]
Starting in 2017, Medicare will end global payments for operations. The current payment scheme combines preoperative, operative, and postope... [...]
Here is an abstract recently published ahead of print in the American Journal of Surgery. Please read it because a one-question test follows... [...]
According to the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the American Urological Association, 33 million Americans suffer from o... [...]
So Many Scams -- So Little Time! 12:04 PM Owls Head Maine Question from a subscriber: Im frustrated. Ive spent a small fortune on every... [...]
Last week, I reviewed the premier of the new medical television series "Code Black" and pointed out several flawed or impossible s... [...]
How Can I Make A Living With Adfly? Is It Possible? Do you believe in yourself? If so , then yes it is possible. Let me tell you something..... [...]
A Wall Street Journal blog about a reunion of employees of American Airlines lamented the good old days of air travel. Heres an excerpt: ... [...]
An alert reader tipped me off to something many of you may not be aware of. Stage 3 of Meaningful Use is close at hand. The "proposed... [...]
4:29 PM Hi Gang: Ive enclosed a question I received from an entrepreneur recently. I thought you might like my take. Question: Marc, whats y... [...]
