This is the official blog for the Family Medicine Residency which is housed within the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah. If you have questions, please email us at fmvitalsigns@hsc.utah.edu
Graphic from blog.capterra.com In the past few weeks Pokemon Go has been making headlines as a top trending game. I first heard about the app in this Gizmodo article, looking for some chuckles about all the DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) people were getting from (accidentally?) exercising while playing the game. While there are certainly … More Can technology make us healthier?
Who is your primary care physician? If you can’t answer this question, then you need a doctor – a primary care doctor – so that when you are ill, when you need preventive care, when you need medication, you have someone to care for you. Thirty to fifty percent of physicians don’t have a doctor. I … More Who is YOUR Doctor?
By Sean McNamara, MD No one likes to lose. Defeat is a terrible feeling, it can be so intense it hints at a depressive episode; feelings of worthlessness, low self esteem, even guilt. Life has pretty serious losses sometimes like losing a job, an all too common divorce, or the ultimate loss of a loved … More It’s Healthy for Kids to Lose Sometimes
By Bryan Hendrickson, MD About a year ago, before starting my own intern year, I came across a blog post from our program director, Dr. Van Hala, “Tenets for Internship and Beyond“. A new year is well on its way, but I encourage anyone beginning this journey to take a moment to read her words … More Intern Wellness
By Brian Hill, MD I recently spent a month on my inpatient pediatrics rotation. As I had heard innumerable times, adult medicine and pediatric medicine are very different animals. So, as an intern having only one month of prior inpatient pediatrics exposure (as a third year medical student), new information, diagnoses, and experiences came at … More Kids These Days
By Jennifer Dailey As I sit in room 445 of the Utah Capitol building mentally prepping for my presentation to the Interim Health and Human Services Committee on Family Medicine residency expansion in Utah, I am reflecting a bit on my three years with the Utah Academy of Family Physicians (UAFP) as its director and … More Advocacy and Family Medicine: Where the Twain Shall Meet
Family Medicine Vital Signs 