Alexander Rakowsky

1 month ago | tandfonline.com | Anna Kerr |Charee M Thompson |Claire Stewart |Alexander Rakowsky

ABSTRACTBackground Managing uncertainty is an essential element of patient-centered communication (PCC) and shared decision making (SDM), yet we know little about how residents’ reactions to uncertainty are related to their perceptions of their ability to engage in these important activities. This longitudinal study assesses whether residents’ self-perceived PCC and SDM skills are associated with their reactions to uncertainty throughout residency.

Sep 29, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Alexander Rakowsky |Manar Mohammad |Hans Duvefelt |Yumiko Nakamura

On my first day of inpatient rounds during intern year, I was taken aback when the attending stated, “Let’s stop outside the room and just spend a few moments watching the child and mom.” I started my residency on my community rotation site in Chester, PA, where several of the Philadelphia training programs at that time were sending residents.

Sep 19, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Alexander Rakowsky |Joshua Mansour |Nicholas Bascou |Joshua Liao

Recently, after a week of a viral illness that I most likely picked up from one of my patients as a pediatrician, I noticed that one side of my tongue felt as though I had dental anesthesia. During the day, this slowly progressed, but as night came, the progression rapidly intensified with my lips and eyelids on this same side now drooping.