July is coming, which for most people in the United States means barbeques, fireworks, and hoping desperately that you have air conditioning. But for the medical profession, July is a time for new beginnings, when interns shed their now-filthy short, white coats of medical students for the slightly longer pressed […]
Pimping ain’t easy, especially when it happens on rounds. Where did the peculiar medical tradition of “pimping” come from? How did it get its name? Is it even effective? And does it still have a place in modern medical education? Find out in Episode 12! I’ll always remember my first […]
Celebrate ten episodes of Bedside Rounds with a rerecording (with new material) of the first episode, Frank’s Sign! The most powerful man in the world, the Roman Emperor Hadrian, dies of a mysterious illness. Learn how the case was (sort of) cracked 2000 years later using the physical exam and […]
On episode 10, I discuss one of the best public radio shows of all time, Car Talk, and how it’s an awesome example of clinical reasoning. I also talk a little bit about how doctors learn to think like doctors. Dedicated to Tom Magliozzi, who recently died. I’m an internal […]
