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Sep 23, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Nishant Pandya |Stephanie E. Moss |Danielle Pigneri |Lisa Belisle
The Patient Isn’t Sick, But We Can Still Treat the Parent“Kid’s a level 5. Fever starting six hours ago, runny nose. He’s fine.”Her three-year-old son had developed a fever and rhinorrhea that day. She was worried about an ear infection. His exam showed no signs of otitis media and we discussed how a viral upper respiratory infection likely caused his fever. “Thank god.” The heavy relief in her sigh told me there was something left unsaid.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Lisa Belisle |Melina Tessier |Jessica Reeves |Jordan Frey
As a family physician with decades of experience caring for underserved communities, I have seen firsthand the challenges we face in providing high-quality, accessible care to our patients. Limited resources, geographic isolation, and a chronic shortage of clinicians often force us to do more with less — treating problems that may seem outside the purview of our specialty.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Abraham Kim |Michaela Barry |Frances Mei Hardin |Lisa Belisle
Average nominal physician pay reached $414,347 in 2023, up nearly 6% from the prior year, according to Doximity's 2024 Physician Compensation Report. After factoring in inflation, however, physicians’ real income and actual purchasing power has hardly budged over the past seven years, when Doximity first started reporting on physician compensation.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Melissa Schiffman |Alexander T. Yahanda |Lisa Belisle
A Plea From a PCP: Please Don’t Minimize My ExpertiseMrs. S, a generally healthy 67-year-old school teacher, has been my patient for about three years. Her blood pressure is controlled, and her hemoglobin A1c has hovered in the mild pre-diabetes range. Today, she comes for an annual check-up having gained some weight over the winter holidays, and her A1c is now 6.8. I take my time discussing the new diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. I review the risks of the condition and answer her questions.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Alexander T. Yahanda |Lisa Belisle |Mallory Grove
I was lucky enough recently to attend several functions with friends of mine from across the country. Given the hours of residency, I hadn’t seen some of them in years. Most of the people at these get-togethers were not in the medical field.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Lisa Belisle |Mallory Grove |Vincent Myers
On my second day of intern year, I took call for the first time. I was alone in the hospital with a thick stack of patient lists, a phone, a pager, and a stomach of anxiety, covering four services. I was quickly swamped with consults from all directions, nursing calls I couldn’t immediately answer, and questions from patients and family members that I didn’t know how to navigate. I cried on my way home.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Danielle Pigneri |Jenna Colturi |Matthew Scott |Lisa Belisle
Medical training is perhaps the best example of modern-day apprenticeship. Even after years of book learning and classroom instruction, a huge portion of practical education remains missing until you’ve spent time working under the guidance of experienced mentors. Regardless of medical specialty, years of supervised practice with graduated autonomy is a cornerstone of training.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Kymberley Filip |Chris van Eyck |Lisa Belisle
Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror with so much embarrassment you didn’t know whether to laugh or cry? As I stood in the staff bathroom of the medical ICU staring at my tacky, sweat-stained Christmas sweater, I couldn’t decide either. Instead, I did both. The last hour of my life had been one of the most mortifying of my professional career. It all began earlier that morning.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Jenna Colturi |Abraham Kim |Chris van Eyck |Lisa Belisle |Douglas I. Katz
More than two-thirds of physicians say that AI has helped increase time for patient care by reducing administrative workload, or that it can in the future, according to a Doximity poll. In recent years, AI has emerged as a possible stepping stone toward more efficient health care. Early attempts at integrating AI in medicine, for example, have demonstrated its potential to facilitate clinical practice and reduce time spent on administrative tasks, a major driver of physician burnout.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Chris van Eyck |Lisa Belisle |Douglas I. Katz |Arthur Lazarus
“How about Xanax, and some Adderall for when I need to study?”Evan was like most of my patients, coming in for medication management, having recently moved to the area. I soon learned he was a college student, and had been taking psychiatric medications for several years. We had gone through Evan’s list of medications.
