Empathy: The Most Critical Skill in Medicine
There are few things more core to the pillars of medicine than the concept of "empathy." Now empathy is something we hear about from day one in medica...
Anamnesis: Medical Storytellers | from MedPage Today
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Anamnesis is a podcast from MedPage Today where health professionals share stories reveling in intangible lessons beyond EMRs and ICD codes. We honor and highlight the humanity and soul of caring for people -- patients and one another. Each episode features 2 or 3 physicians who share their stories around a particular theme with musical interludes from musician doctors and clinicians. In-between-isodes feature reports from recent medical conferences about stories shared there and a brief rundown of top studies and developments.
Eureka: The Moment When It All Clicks
This Anamnesis episode is called “Eureka.” In medicine, a "eureka moment" usually comes for us through special patients. As much as we teach patients,...
Abandoned: When You're All Alone
This episode on "Abandoned" is about what happens when you are out there all alone -- whether it's because you're physically sequestered, or feeling l...
At a Loss: The Hardest Part of Medicine
This Anamnesis episode is called "At a Loss." And that can mean a lot of things -- at a loss for words, at a loss for any certainty, and for us in hea...
#13 Taboo: Pregnant and Swallowed a Handfuls of Pills; Never Prepared for the Screams; 'Pro-Life' Doc Almost Killed a Pregnant Woman
“Taboo” is a really complex concept in medicine. As healthcare workers treating patients, we are, in a way, stewards of secrets — secrets for patients...
IDWeek 2020: Bare-Budget Contact Tracing; COVID-19 Fog Over HIV and Opioids
Research presented at the virtual IDWeek conference touched on how COVID-19 has affected a wide swath of issues in infectious diseases, from HIV infec...
Inbetweenisode: Fauci Dishes on COVID-19 Antibody Therapies
Our infectious disease reporter Molly Walker interviews Anthony Fauci, MD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director. They discus...
#12 Infectious: How COVID Killed My Colleague-Patient; Attacked by Anti-Vaxxers; I Was Right
You're joining us on Anamnesis, a podcast about medicine ... but the things about medicine that aren't drugs and protocols and studies, the things abo...
#11 Stolen Identity: Black Sniper, Black Doctor; From Dead Child to Gun Store; Africa Saved Me
Today, we’re covering the theme Stolen Identity. Because right now, more than ever, with racism on our minds and protests across the country, identity...
#10 Unbroken: I Was Going to Die; On the Edge of a Cliff; They Called Me Houdini
Undoubtedly these are hard times from the world — and particularly medicine. Like many of you, I’m a front-liner as an ER doctor. And we’re all in the...