Back in April, I blogged about the prospects for graduates of Caribbean medical schools matching in categorical surgical positions and estim... [...]
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... [...]
Airplanes are so permeated with bacteria that it is truly a wonder that anyone survives a flight. Ill bet you thought it was the air in the ... [...]
A female high school student asks about pathology, surgery, and medicine in general. [Email edited for length.] See if you agree with my ans... [...]
Ive received a couple of emails from Doximity [A closed medical "community" of > 280,000 doctors] reminding me to complete a su... [...]
A woman writes [some non-essential details have been changed to preserve anonymity. Permission to post this was obtained.]: I am a non-US ci... [...]
A new study from surgeons at UCLA found that laparoscopic cholecystectomies done at night for acute cholecystitis have a significantly highe... [...]
On my "Ask Skeptical Scalpel" blog, a medical student wonders if a programs board passage rate is a good measure of whether its gr... [...]
My Twitter friend Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) posted a picture of a slide that said a hospitalized patient was taught to inject insulin using an... [...]
No, contrary to what you may have heard, pain is not the 5th vital sign. Its not a sign at all. Vital signs are the following: heart rate; ... [...]
Heres an email from someone interested in rural surgery: I am a senior medical student planning on going in to general surgery and practici... [...]
Can you really decide which surgical residency program is right for you using Doximitys Residency Navigator? I dont think so, and heres why.... [...]
In September, Doximity, a closed online community of over 300,000 physicians, released its ratings of residency programs in nearly every spe... [...]
