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Jan 21, 2025 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Tasia Isbell |Lachlan Shiver |Douglas I. Katz |Emily Johnson
"Don’t take the main entrance into the hospital. Don’t wear your badge. Don’t appear as if you work in the hospital at all. Blend in.”This sobering advice came from hospital leadership two years ago as a campaign of misinformation took hold on social media, politicizing evidence-based mental health and medical treatment for young transgender people. That morning, as I shimmied into my usual pair of worn hospital scrubs, I felt a knot of fear tighten in my stomach.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Lachlan Shiver |Douglas I. Katz |Emily Johnson |Zachary G Schwam
My workroom’s phone rang, and I cradled it between my neck and shoulder. We had just admitted a patient, and the call was from the nurse asking whether the labs I had ordered were truly necessary. The patient had already been worked up in our ED, but instinctively I’d reordered her basic labs when I became her doctor. I was only on day six of residency, and the “MD” emblazoned onto my white coat still didn’t fit right.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Jenna Colturi |Hailey Roumimper |Mohini Dasari |Lachlan Shiver
A significant 34% of physicians believe medical training should be shorter, according to a Doximity poll of 3,411 physicians. This perspective is contrasted by 50% who feel that the current training length is appropriate, and 16% who would like longer training periods. Reducing the length of medical training could potentially address issues such as student-loan debt and clinician shortages.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Hailey Roumimper |Mohini Dasari |Jenna Colturi |Lachlan Shiver
Empathic communication involves accepting and allowing different perspectives and emotions in other people, and it involves actively listening to another’s world view. In the clinical world, studies have shown that empathic understanding and communication are associated with better outcomes for patients and families.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Mohini Dasari |Jenna Colturi |Lachlan Shiver |Kymberley Armstrong
Three months into my surgical fellowship I began having serious doubts about whether I could finish it. But it wasn’t until the end of month seven that I was able to deliver my resignation. I won’t go into details about how and why my fellowship wasn’t a good fit for me; I’ve written about this elsewhere. I want to reflect on the key pieces that made it possible for me to pull the trigger on leaving, which ended up being the best thing I could do for myself.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Jenna Colturi |Lachlan Shiver |Kymberley Armstrong |Jenny Jones
A significant 34% of physicians believe medical training should be shorter, according to a Doximity poll of 3,411 physicians. This perspective is contrasted by 50% who feel that the current training length is appropriate, and 16% who would like longer training periods. Reducing the length of medical training could potentially address issues such as student-loan debt and clinician shortages.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Lachlan Shiver |Ashkan Habib |Jenny Jones |Soubhana Asif
I still remember receiving the call on that rainy Tuesday afternoon. I had been late to my job as a math tutor, and within five minutes of walking through the door I was surrounded by a group of rambunctious eight-year-olds. A phone call meant an escape from the chaos; it also potentially meant a new life path opening for me. As the hours went on, the downward glances I took toward my phone became more conspicuous. Then, my phone rang.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Abraham Kim |Lachlan Shiver |Ashkan Habib |Jenny Jones
Four Out of Five Doctors Are Overworked. Most Are Looking for a ChangeFour out of five physicians (81%) say they are overworked, and three out of five are considering a career change, according to a Doximity poll.
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Apr 24, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | John E. Pandolfino |Richard A. Kozarek |Lachlan Shiver |Abiba Salahou
Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. Since ChatGPT launched in November 2022, there has been an explosion of interest in AI and this year we will be seeing a major penetration of AI into the scientific meeting.
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Apr 24, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Lachlan Shiver |Abiba Salahou |Sarah Samaan |Danielle Pigneri
Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. My first exposure to periviability was during my third year of medical school. My preceptor organized a mock debate, where we explored the ethics of resuscitating an infant born at 23 weeks. Truthfully, perinatal viability had never been anything I had given much thought to. My time working in adult medicine had convinced me that between life and death there should be a space filled with ebbs and flows of life.
