by Rachel Bishop | Jun 23, 2017 | Relating to Your Patients
Essential doctor-patient communication skills for handling every patient personality type What doctor hasn’t dealt with the fearful or anxious patient? Or the know-it-all patient? Or the overly friendly patient? There are as many different patient personalities as...
by Rachel Bishop | May 26, 2017 | Emerging Technology & Trends
Does equal pay for equal work exist among male and female medical doctors? Here are the facts Women have been paid less than men ever since incomes were first recorded. In 2016, the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report revealed that there is not one country...
by Rachel Bishop | Jan 19, 2017 | Emerging Technology & Trends, Practice Pearls
Doctors who do not specialize in mental health may not give it much thought. After all, if a patient comes to you seeking treatment for diabetes or cataracts, whether or not they suffer from depression or alcoholism is beyond the scope of the visit, right? Wrong....
by Rachel Bishop | Oct 6, 2016 | Emerging Technology & Trends, Practice Pearls
Have you heard this classic riddle before? A father and son are in a horrible car crash that kills the dad. The son is rushed to the hospital; just as he’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, “I can’t operate—that boy is my son!” Who is the surgeon?...
by Rachel Bishop | Aug 31, 2016 | Technology & the Internet
While more health care providers are utilizing technology for professional purposes, there is still a stigma surrounding social media for many doctors. “‘Waste of time’ is the most common and scathing criticism leveled at social media by my physician friends and...
