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**🔍 Navigating the Complex World of Internal Medicine: A Journey of Continuous Learning and Patient Care** As a Senior Registrar in Internal Medicine, each day presents new challenges and opportunities to make a meaningful impact on patients' lives. From managing complex cases to collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, the role demands not only medical expertise but also empathy, resilience, and a commitment to lifelong learning. 🩺 **Key Takeaways from My Journey:** 1. **Patient-Centered Care**: Always prioritize the patient’s needs, values, and preferences. Every decision should be rooted in what’s best for them. 2. **Collaboration**: Medicine is a team effort. Working closely with specialists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals ensures comprehensive care. 3. **Continuous Education**: The field of internal medicine is ever-evolving. Staying updated with the latest research and guidelines is crucial for delivering high-quality care. 4. **Empathy and Compassion**: Beyond the science, medicine is about human connections. Understanding patients' stories and experiences is key to providing holistic care. 5. **Resilience**: The path is demanding, but the rewards—seeing patients recover and thrive—make every challenge worth it. I am proud to be part of a field that continuously pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in healthcare. Here’s to all the internal medicine professionals who dedicate their lives to healing and improving patient outcomes! 💪👩⚕️👨⚕️ #InternalMedicine #Healthcare #PatientCare #MedicalEducation #ContinuousLearning #HealthcareExcellence #Teamwork

We're back with another captivating episode that delves into the heart of medical education and practice. Join host Dr. Mark Bonta as he sits down with the esteemed Dr. Samir Grover for an insightful exploration of the challenges and triumphs shaping the medical field. 🔬 Episode Highlights: Empowering Career Paths: Dr. Grover advocates for career autonomy and a competency-based training system, empowering medical professionals to chart their unique journeys. Revolutionizing Assessments: Uncover the limitations of current evaluation methods and discover how AI and simulation are reshaping assessments in medical training. The Essence of Medicine: Explore the essential qualities that define outstanding physicians, from empathy to clinical expertise. Future of Medical Procedures: Discover groundbreaking advancements as Dr. Grover discusses integrating real-time AI assistance in colonoscopy procedures. Introducing Scarborough Academy of Medicine (U of T): Get an exclusive preview of the innovative academy poised to redefine medical education with cutting-edge technologies and a fresh curriculum. Debunking Health Myths: Our experts tackle popular health trends like juice cleanses, separating fact from fiction. This episode isn't just about technological innovation—it's a testament to the human elements that make medicine truly remarkable. 🎧 Tune in to this captivating conversation and challenge the status quo in healthcare. https://lnkd.in/dYNjpAKs Here's to a journey of discovery and growth in the world of medicine! 🚀

Great piece in Modern Healthcare on our work in promoting health systems science. Medical trainees must understand the systems they work in if they hope to serve their patients' needs effectively. “Practicing medicine today is so much more than my interaction with my patients as a physician. I’ve got to understand everything about the healthcare delivery system — the emergency department, primary care, different settings of care, community organizations, the patient’s family — all of those interactions that are part of patients’ journeys.” -Jesse Ehrenfeld, Immediate Past President American Medical Association. Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gCv3mcpC

As the post-acute care landscape undergoes constant changes, it’s increasingly important for medical directors to be equipped with the education and tools to optimize patient outcomes. Dr. Esperanza Fernandez shares how our Medical Director Leadership Academy provides medical directors the knowledge and opportunities to promote quality post-acute patient care. Learn more about the program here: https://bit.ly/4dd8mO0

If we are all the same as “providers”, why invest millions in lobbying dollars to go from physician “assistant” to physician “associate” for no change in education, training, credentials? There are so many problems to solve that affect mortality, am always taken aback by this made a top priority instead is using the same lobbying to improve patient care. When I talk to patients they find all this confusing. Many think they are seeing a board certified doctor. After all, in many systems an employed board certified physician is an “associate physician.” Will patients know that a physician associate” is not the same? What obfuscates or confuses is not patient-centered. Informed consent involves transparency and clarity. I’ve also been told by patients that they are being pressured to sign papers that they give up any right to sue by newer provider types who are new to having to be personally responsible for their actions on an independent license. Other times those papers are slipped in along with usual patient paperwork to sign. Am not sure if these are outlier occurances or commonplace practice to attempt to take away a patient’s right to legal recourse. Self interest and protection ahead of protecting patients by various business entities is what is wrong with many parts of American medicine.

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🎉 Don't miss EMS' next WEBINARiQ event! Click here to join us on Wednesday, February 5 for “Tips, Tricks, and Tactics to Bring Clinical Judgment into the Simulation Experience" >> https://hubs.li/Q034V2Yt0 Presented by: Kim MacAvoy-Sorochen, MSN, CEN, CHSE, Simulation Lab and Clinical Coordinator, Thomas Edison State University and Erin Torp MSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, Nurse Educator, Capital Health School of Nursing, Adjunct Nurse Educator, Thomas Edison State University. 📔 Overview: In this presentation, the team from Thomas Edison State University will provide a brief overview of what clinical judgment really is and why it is so important. The discussion will then move into simulation experiences that can be tailored to develop clinical judgment skills in students at all levels. Finally, the presenters will discuss using various methods to bring clinical judgment into the debriefing session. 👉 Register now: https://hubs.li/Q034V2Yt0 #CompetencyAndBeyond #Simulation #HealthcareSimulation #NursingSimulation #MedicalSimulation #HealthcareEducation #ClinicalSkills #Simulation #SimulationScenario #HealthcareTraining #HealthcareSimulation #Webinar #WebinarIQ #ProfessionalDevelopment

When I first started teaching resident physicians I quickly realized the impact our academic care teams had on the overall success of the hospital. After asking hospital executives how I could help I soon found myself in four roles simultaneously: Core Faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency, Lead Hospitalist, Clinical Quality Officer, Medical Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity. I learned a lot in these roles, and I felt my primary job was to break the silos of these hospital departments to ensure they were not only aligned, but synergistic. Verbal communication and relationships were key, but at it the core, the link between all of these roles was a surprise: clinical documentation. After nearly a decade of teaching students and resident physicians, leading academic programs and care teams, and developing new healthcare initiatives the same holds true. Clinical documentation is a critical communication link across the spectrum of academics, patient care, healthcare quality, and payments. I created the course Perfect Notes to teach you how to document effectively and efficiently in this critical language of physician communication. 👇 Check out the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/e7Z7BK-P