By: Zoe Cross, MD stop me if you’ve heard this one:an oncologist, a radiologist, a surgeon, and a patient walk into a roomwon’t you please sit down Ms. Mthank you doctorthank you for coming in this morning Ms. Mthank you doctorwe thought it would be prudent to meet in person to discuss your results, Ms. … More A Care Conference
Osman Sanyer MD As a teaching family physician, I am frequently asked, by friends, students, and colleagues working in other areas of medicine, to share my thoughts on which skills and traits best define the specialty of family medicine. My customary response is, I suspect, fairly similar to the response that would be offered … More God took your only child – Choosing words for our patients’ stories
By Kirsten Stoesser, MD We all want what is best for our patients. We want to provide them with the best evidenced-based medicine, that we have spent years (or, let’s be honest—sometimes just frantic minutes) researching, reviewing, assessing, and filtering, so that they can make informed, relevant, and appropriate decisions about their health. We hope … More The Power of a Really Good Story—(or Why Nobody Sits Around the Campfire Telling Statistics)
Family Medicine Vital Signs 