Db's Medical Rants

2021-01-05

Many critics have emerged on COVID19 vaccination speed.  News channels have interviewed experts who seem confused as to why we are giving vaccines so...

2020-03-13

I received an email from Ryan Holiday – author of The Obstacle is the Way, a wonderful book that introduced me to Stoic philosophy as a guiding principle...

2020-03-05

Currently listening to RANGE: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein. In the first chapter he discusses the differences between...

2020-01-02

January 1, 1980 I walked onto the 7th floor of the old North Hospital at the Medical College of Virginia to make rounds as the attending physician. I...

2019-09-07

As a ward attending physicians, we have a great opportunity and responsibility. We are helping patients and helping our future colleagues grow into the...

2019-08-21

Recently I have spent much time listening to linguistic podcasts. They have triggered many thoughts about how we take histories from patients. Linguistics...

2019-08-03

Malcolm Gladwell’s wonderful podcast – Revisionist History – has just focused 3 episodes on the Jesuits and their use of casuistry. I was not familiar...

2019-07-25

Twelve months of podcasts – 2 per month – are now available at Annals on Call. During those 12 months, I have learned a lot from my guests and learned...

2019-06-30

Readers know that I have become rather obsessed with medical podcasts over the past 2 years. I host Annals on Call, and have appeared on The Curbsiders...

2019-06-23

Monday morning we have new interns and new 3rd year students. During rounds I will set expectations for their first clinical rotation at these levels...