Search results for "Self-Examination"
ACP Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
The thin callus of experience
ACP Hospitalist is seeking submissions for personal essays to run in our Self-Examination column.
December 2011
The physician as patient
By the time I made it to the examination room, I had begun to process the situation better than before. ... ACP Hospitalist is seeking submissions for personal essays to run in our Self-Examination column.
December 2010
Embracing humility
The author discusses why he believes humility is one of the key attributes of an excellent physician.
April 2013
More than just a dischargist: A moment of connection
An encounter with a self-aware patient reminds the writer why he went into medicine. ... And in the next breath she chided herself for slipping into self-pity, acknowledging it could be worse.
October 2013
The snake and I
The author details the aftermath of his encounter with a rattlesnake (or snakes).
February 2012
Letter from the Editor
In our Self-Examination section, Dr. Sergeant details his experience with driving himself to the hospital, waiting (and waiting) for anti-venom, and eventually recovering—but finding himself a changed man.
February 2012
Letter from the Editor
Also in this issue, third-year resident Anthony Rudine kicks off a new occasional feature, Self-Examination, in which contributors reflect on how practicing medicine affects one's personal life—and
December 2010
The fine art of listening
She was handed over to me for overnight observation after an initial examination.
September 2013
Illness as a teacher
Over the weeks of his hospital stay, I had the opportunity to know Mr. P not only as a patient but as a friend, a dreamer, a fighter and a witty, compassionate individual.
October 2012