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Great lessons from great women

By Angelica | May 10, 2020 | Comments Off on Great lessons from great women

A decade ago, J.D. shared some great lessons from great men. He had a wealth of material to draw from: biographies of historical figures from centuries ago, classic business texts, and the earliest self-help books. If you want to compile lessons from great women, however, you don’t have the same sources, because women have not…

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Responding to medical students’ concerns and anxieties during these unprecedented times

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Responding to medical students’ concerns and anxieties during these unprecedented times

Everyone is in the same situation across the country in these unprecedented times. What a statement. A statement that every medical student has undoubtedly heard in utter multitude during these times of virtual medical curricula in place of clinical curricula — of canceled steps, levels, CKs, PE, and CS. It has no doubt been challenging…

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My living will during COVID-19

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on My living will during COVID-19

I am not afraid of being dead. Our four grown children are thriving, each in their own way making the world better. If I am wrong in my faith that Jesus is preparing a wonderful place for me, I will never know it. I do dread the process of dying, and COVID-19 would be an…

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A reasoned response to the PPE debacle

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on A reasoned response to the PPE debacle

The lack of adequate supplies of PPE is deplorable, inconceivable.  This has been made abundantly clear through both social media and traditional media.  Post after post on various social media outlets have exposed the appalling shortages and, at times, blame and attack those that are obliged to provide us the PPE. Those posts, in part,…

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How to liberate doctors from EMRs

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on How to liberate doctors from EMRs

We talk a lot in critical care medicine about liberating patients from ventilators. Vents are getting a lot of deserved attention for saving lives in the COVID-19 era. But the machine has downsides that get worse the longer the patient needs it. Because we’re obsessed with taking great care of our patients, we in ICU…

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A medical student asks: Are we just cartoon heroes?

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on A medical student asks: Are we just cartoon heroes?

The one thing about the coronavirus I keep coming back to is how much SketchyMicro let me down. Out of all the mnemonic cartoons SketchyMicro has produced, their entry for coronavirus is among the most simple: a kingly figure is blowing his nose into tissue paper beneath a blazing sun, his towering castle perched atop…

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Addressing medical school needs for our frontline responders and health care providers

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Addressing medical school needs for our frontline responders and health care providers

Coronavirus. Doctors. Nurses. PPE. Social distancing. Sound familiar? Our entire conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic surrounds those words and phrases. We see celebrities, companies, coworkers, family members, and friends donating PPE and money to organizations and local hospitals, trying to do some good. No one wants our front-line health care workers to get sick. If…

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When doctors weren’t needed anymore: a short story

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on When doctors weren’t needed anymore: a short story

Annie’s brows drew together at the unfamiliar word in her third-grade history lesson. She swiveled from her screen to face her mother. “What are doctors?” “They were people specially trained to care for sick people.” Annie was still perplexed. “What’s sick?” Her mom patted the place next to her on the sofa. “Come here, and…

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This Surprising Vehicle Is Cheapest to Insure

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on This Surprising Vehicle Is Cheapest to Insure

If you want to keep your car insurance costs low, look past the sedans, SUVs and trucks at the dealership. And instead, say hello to those little-loved vans. As it turns out, vans are the cheapest type of vehicles to insure, according to the “2020 The State of Auto Insurance” report from The Zebra. It’s…

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What Types of Remote Jobs Can I Get Without a Degree?

By Angelica | May 9, 2020 | Comments Off on What Types of Remote Jobs Can I Get Without a Degree?

Welcome to our “Work From Home Q&A” series. You ask a question about remote work, and a guest expert answers it. You can learn how to ask a question of your own below. This week’s question comes from Richard: “What are some work from home jobs are available, particularly ones that don’t require a college…

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