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Doctors With Disabilities Push For Culture Change In Medicine

Feranmi Okanlami, a doctor at Michigan Medicine, became partially paralyzed after an accident in 2013, during his medical residency. Courtesy of Jina Sawani/University of Michigan hide caption

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Doctors With Disabilities Push For Culture Change In Medicine

August 6, 2018 • Disabled Americans working in medicine are speaking up about their role in the profession. Not only can they perform the work of doctors, but they offer a level of empathy others may lack.

Do Doctors Need To Use Computers? One Physician's Case Highlights The Quandary

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Do Doctors Need To Use Computers? One Physician's Case Highlights The Quandary

November 28, 2017 • Now in her 80s, Anna Konopka has been practicing medicine for decades and has never used electronic records. After record-keeping complaints, she surrendered her license. The case wound up in court.

How A 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Video Improved Asthma Treatment

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How A 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Video Improved Asthma Treatment

September 12, 2013 • A doctor at a British hospital was asked to figure out a way to improve the staffers' dismal use of guidelines for better asthma treatment. So he made a low-budget YouTube video they could watch on their phones. In two months, doctors' knowledge of the guidelines doubled.