idaniboy

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by idaniboy 12y ago
The reason why foreign residency programs aren't considered valid in the US is quality control, from both competency and medico-legal standpoints. If you were CEO of a private practice or hospital in New York City, who would you hire?
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by idaniboy 12y ago
There is a path from nurse to doctor. It's called medical school. I've known nurses who have made the jump.
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by idaniboy 12y ago
Doctors are people like you and I. They are imperfect and make mistakes. There are plenty of brilliant doctors out there and not-so-good doctors out there. It takes responsibility on the patients' part to advocate for themselves, do so
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by idaniboy 13y ago
Make sure your physician is evaluating and treating your Lyme. Lyme is relatively uncommon in the Southeast US compared to the Northeast US so physicians here are not as experienced in treating it. I would also seek a second opinion from a
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by idaniboy 13y ago
While having a good memory is important for cognition, it is just as important to be able to forget memories. There are probably limits to how efficiently our brains can scan memories for information relevant to a given situation and having
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by idaniboy 14y ago
It's not an uncommon strategy for clinicians to use questions like that to get parents or patients, who are dealing with an inordinate amount of stress, to let down their defenses with the intention of directing them to self-assess their re
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by idaniboy 14y ago
he's almost a zombie
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The Secret Life of Chaos(youtube.com)
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