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If someone changes their views, do you applaud or condemn them? Are they someone who challenged their bias and viewpoint or are they a...

My internship taught me how to use communication to overcome a lack of experience and technical skills

Saying yes to a career I never pursued is one of the best decisions of my life.

We believe we make rational clinical decisions, but research is clear, rationality often falls short.

How Aurelius, Frankl, Epictetus, Kahneman, Munger, and Keynes shaped my mindset and taught me valuable lessons

Our mental complexity influences our susceptibility to burnou

Simply telling someone to build resilience is a cop-out. Understanding perception and cognitive fallacies point to better solutions.

Mental models, reflective practice, curiosity, and uncertainty are necessary to succeed in our careers and life.

Using professional baseball to explain the influence of cognitive bias.

Crucial conversations are the foundation for addressing the issues. We must all be willing to challenge current beliefs.

Punching people in the face with facts doesn’t work, yet this is the common approach taken during clinical "debates."

“Fail fast, fail often” doesn’t apply to healthcare, but there are strategies clinicians can use to benefit from failure.

“If you skillfully follow the multidisciplinary path, you will never wish to come back. It would be like cutting off your hands.” —C. Munger

Patient personality and values impact the type of healthcare they request and receive.

Understanding and assessing patient expectations is a skill to develop. It can have significant impacts on treatment compliance and outcomes

While many forms of education are beneficial, we will struggle immensely if we expect patients to cling to every word we utter.

It is imperative to know how to use the information we are given and how to navigate cognitive traps.

How do we know if we are providing high-quality care? Outcome tools can help answer the question, but cognitive biases can get in the way.