In White Coat Culture there is a bit of controversy around who is “allowed” to be called “doctor”. When everyone is wearing a white lab coat, running around in groups, helping out wherever they can, and working as a team, there is opportunity for certain confusion. What is a Doctorate and Who Has One? When [...]

Students who are deaf can not only pursue medical school but they can successfully complete it. Especially when there are students and medical professionals who are working towards ensuring fair access to a medical education. However, technical standards written by each medical school to screen applicants can unfairly exclude students with disabilities who are otherwise [...]

This is a reaction post to “Is Physician “Shadowing” a Shady Practice?“, an article written by Elizabeth Kitsis, M.D. a bioethics professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Photo Credit: University of Florida Arts in Medicine Program I shadowed physicians as a pre-medical student but not as a high-school student because I believed that was [...]

There is no question that some patients put either all of their faith in their physicians or accept what a physician says with a grain of salt while simultaneously checking WebMD on their smartphone on the way out of the office. It’s only human nature to be curious and critical! In an article on TODAY [...]