Two physicians, through dialogue and interviews, take a critical look at medical training and the culture of medicine and explore how interpersonal... more
The practice of urine drug testing during pregnancy and then often reporting positive results to Child Protective Services triggers a... more
Direct, covert observation of health care is a novel and underutilized tool to assess health care trainees and clinicians. In... more
In the prior episode we learned that there is no evidence that time-limited testing improves test validity and that, in... more
There is a widely held perception that being able to complete a test quickly is an indication of mastery when... more
Stefan interviews co-host Saul about his experiences becoming a doctor with a learning disability. This episode, first run in 2020,... more
A recent New York Times article, titled "When Doctors Use a Chatbot to Improve Their Bedside Manner," should raise questions... more
The narrative that getting patients with chronic pain off opioids makes them safer was reinforced by a recent paper... more
We might assume that a patient who is chained to their hospital bed must be restrained for good reason, but... more
In this second of a two-episode series on medical student mistreatment, we discuss its impact on burnout with a colleague... more
How is it that a healing profession -- medicine -- has such a deeply ingrained culture of harming its own? ... more