Physicians Who Do Not Listen to Patients Shame Our Profession
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The resident came into my room with one question and he got it answered. The rest was not his proble...
Blind Spots
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our patients should not be our blind spots. Even with the most thorough routines, I may not catch im...
Empowering Trainees to be Leaders and Change Agents
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Lala Forrest and Joe Geraghty join host Toni Gallo to discuss the journal's Trainee Letters ...
The Medical Student Turing Test
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our words and actions may strike others, or strike back at us, in unexpected ways. We must therefore...
The Heart of Generalism
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the following months, I started noticing a subtle change in the way my patients and the community...
Online Medical School: Unexpected Moments of Mentorship
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
These golden minutes were not only setting a realtime example of intersecting roles and responsibili...
Paging Dr. Valentine: Racism and Allyship in Internship
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the ensuing weeks, I continued with my work, behaving as if the incident had no impact on me whil...
Shame Experiences in Premedical and Medical Students
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Will Bynum, MD, and Joe Jackson, MD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss new research into the na...
"I need you to forgive yourself": Shame in Medicine and Medical Education
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally released in August 2019. Guests Will Bynum, MD, Lara Varpio, PhD, and As...
Language-Based Medicine
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ultimately, whether it is through language, a shared interest, or another shared commonality, findin...
In a Box
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I realized I never processed what I witnessed, experienced, and lived through. I put it all in a box...
Eracism
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I choose to view this not as a story of bias against me, but instead of my attending's patience and ...
Talking With My Hands
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The formative experience I had long sought emerged outside the context of feedback itself. I had spe...
New Constellations
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the mask muffling my voice and the omnipresent sound of monitor alarms, words too, were straine...
Dear Reader
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even in the age of medical miracles, there is still no intervention more powerful than a genuine hum...
Nurses Encounter Diversity
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dementia does not rob the ears of joy. Recent nursing school graduate Anna Swartzlander remembers a ...
The Motherhouse
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do I find it so much easier to deal with death after the fact than I do watching its slow, loomi...
Someone Else's Mother
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"My time, energy, and focus are finite; one clear, properly motivated action will come at the cost o...
The Eco-Normalization Model: A New Framework for Evaluating Innovations
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Deena Hamza, PhD, joins hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee me...
Learning to Show Patients You are Listening From 3,000 Miles Away
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is often minute details such as the lack of internet, transportation, or a signature that can pre...
The Deliberate Practice of Caring
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just like technical expertise, expert caring can be taught and deliberately practiced. As educators,...
Growing Trust in Patient-Physician Relationships
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Richard Baron, MD, joins hosts Toni Gallo and deputy editor Colin West, MD, PhD, to discuss th...
Unspoken Challenges
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The importance of fostering trust with families cannot be overstated, and effective communication t...
Pregnancy Is Like Nature: Cultural Arts to Navigate the Unexpected Cesarean Delivery
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Using my body to tell these cultural stories not only allowed for emotional mutability, but it also...
Experiences of Trainees and Physicians from Minoritized Communities
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee member Javeed Sukhera, M...
Learning the Lesson of Inaction
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I have learned that no matter how much I study and practice, there will come a time when I cannot h...
Using Machine Learning in Residency Applicant Screening
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jesse Burk-Rafel, MD, MRes, joins hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Co...
Embracing Vulnerability
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Holding his hand, we had been alone in a room fighting a virus with no cure. Though he lay prone an...
Advice from a Master Peer Reviewer
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally released in August 2018. Guest Carl Stevens, MD, MPH, joins hosts Toni G...
Finding Light in the Uncertain
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Our patients and their families are living that one-in-a-thousand life. Even if focusing on rarity ...
Three Words
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"So, when I step back and think about the most important lesson I have learned in medical school, it...
The Consequences of Structural Racism on MCAT Scores and Medical School Admissions
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Catherine Lucey, MD, and Aaron Saguil, MD, MPH, join hosts Toni Gallo and assistant editor Pa...
Enlightened Institutions of Higher Learning
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"People are not born racists; these are learned behaviors. Over time and generations, these learned ...
Frozen in Time: On Gratitude
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"This was not a case report in a medical textbook but a real-life situation, and my adrenaline and t...
Novel Approaches to Addressing Gender Bias and Structural Racism in Medicine
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Pamela Chen, MD, Jyothi Marbin, MD, and Leanna Lewis, MSW, join hosts Toni Gallo and associat...
I Could Hear the Tears
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"To my future patients I say this: When you give me the gift of your feelings, I may still freeze up...
On Auscultating Peaches
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"In the single minute I spent listening to the patient's story and auscultating her sternum, she wen...
Dear Former Mentor
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Setbacks and failures are inherent to play, yet there is little space for setbacks and failures as ...
In Their Shoes
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The physical contrast of the light fingers dancing around the dark, as well as the fault lines wher...
Grit: Small Loose Particles of Stone or Sand
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Many aspects of medical school and residency are akin to patients' lack of control as they navigate...
Depression: A Medical Student's Perspective
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Speaking from both a clinical and a personal perspective, I know the importance of accepting outsid...
Silence and Humility: A Medical Student's First Interview
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Now, in the unavoidable silence, I was forced to consider Mr. L, his mind and world. I was forced t...
Experiencing the Patient Experience
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The core competencies required for providing quality medical care did not lie only in medicine itse...
Preserving Medical Student Mental Health
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode addresses mental health, burnout, depression, and suicide. If you or a loved one is in ...
Home Sweet Home
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Homes do not fall apart by themselves. They fall apart because of incidental neglect stemming from ...
The Arts and Humanities in Medicine
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Toni Gallo and editor-in-chief Dr. Laura Roberts and guest Dr. Arno Kumagai, the journal's new...
Sin-Eaters
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I was his sin-eater. In this moment of vulnerability, I was attempting to take his ills away, allev...
Teaching Climate Change and Its Effects on Human Health
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Earth Day, host Toni Gallo and guests Drs. Kari Nadeau and Ari Bernstein discuss climate...
The Art of Running and Medicine
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Running, we agreed, was like an invisible bridge between the mind and the body. Just as doctoring c...
Lessons in Communication
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Sure, she wanted the catheter out, but the most dramatic thing I removed that day was fear and conf...
Stopping to Sit
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"As a resident who at times lived in a place of physical and mental exhaustion, I often failed to ap...