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 Nick Duncan, MD I still feel new at this, this whole doctor thing, but I’d like to think I’ve learned a few things over the years since starting medical school. Reflecting back, I am reminded of many powerful experiences I have faced and how easy it is to miss the meaning from … More The Art of Healing
By Jenny Leiser, MD As the mother of four adult children, I am often approached by young women considering medical careers. They wonder about that elusive work-life balance. They feel uncertain about whether there is room in their future for a family and a demanding career. The culture of medicine is undergoing many changes. … More Medical Training and Childbearing: Finding the Path
By Susan Saffel-Shrier New Year’s weight loss resolutions! Made with well intentions but typically at a high failure rate. Why? It seems to me that we have clear outcomes (drop pounds) but fuzzy roadmaps on how we are going to get there. To figure out the roadmap, I would recommend starting by evaluating the food … More Weight Loss Resolutions: How to Encourage Your Patients and Yourself
By Alli Straubhar For many individuals residing in the United States, January 1st represents a day to dust off the forgotten resolution list, to celebrate new beginnings with friends and family, or to nurse hangovers. For many of the resettled refugees residing here, this day represents their pseudo birthday, an arbitrary day given to them when … More January First and Refugees
By Lisa Gren, Ph.D We’ve all heard about the 17-year delay in translating biomedical research into daily clinical practice. Morris et al have characterized this delay as having two stages: the first is the delay that occurs between a discovery and testing the discovery in clinical trials, and the second between proving the discovery in … More Improving Research Within Clinical Practice
by Alex Fox When discussing my status as a resident physician with the general public, two comments come up frequently. First, people want to know how long until I am a “real doctor”, and second, they love to ask about how much I work. While in general we as physicians struggle to communicate complex ideas … More Are duty hour restrictions working? A discussion of two recent studies from JAMA
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