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
By Brad Schleenbaker, MD I look young. I have noticed this intermittently throughout my adult life but I never really invested a lot of thought in it. Then I started my 3rd year of medical school. Really it doesn’t bother me most of the time when people wonder about my age. It’s usually a patient … More Yes, I Know Who Doogie Howser Is
By Susan Cochella, MD, MPH I just returned from a conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) focused on medical student educators, where I again heard a familiar message: Family Medicine needs to lead. If you are involved with academic Family Medicine you have likely heard this message many times over the … More Supporting Leaders: What Family Medicine needs now
By Susan Saffel-Shrier, M.S., R.D., C.D Hey, did you celebrate the holiday on January 17th? No, it was not Martin Luther King Holiday. That was January 18th. And it’s not Presidents’ Day either. That’s February 15th. January 17th is a little known holiday called Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day. Sound familiar? Did you know that … More “Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day”
By Ted Paisley, MD Winter is my favorite season in Utah. Snowstorms, skiing, and outdoor adventures abound. This weekend was a great example. My family managed to fit in a giant slalom race at Park City, a cross-country skate race at Soldier Hollow, and a day of powder skiing at Alta. We have been doing … More Frostbite
By Karly Pippitt, MD This is dedicated to my parents, who always taught me to be nice. As a child, my mother’s parting words to me were almost always, “Be nice.” While I may not have always followed that advice to the best of my ability as a teenager, it is a phrase I … More Be Nice
By John Houchins, MD For most of you reading this post, when you participate in our health care system it is on the provider side. If you participate on the consumer side, it is more often for preventive services than for acute care. When I participate, it is most often in the ways described above. … More An Object Lesson in Abject Circumstances
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