Monthly Archives: December 2009

Wife of the Gods

December 30th, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

NPR had a nice feature atrticle this week on Dr. Kwei Quartey, a physician novelist.

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PRN Notable Quote

December 29th, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

Here is today’s notable quote from Physician Renaissance Network:   “Control your own destiny or someone else will.”                                          – Jack Welch

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(Kind of) Meet Lily Robinson

December 28th, 2009 | by PRN | 1 Comment

Yesterday we wrote about Lily Robinson. The journal Clinical Chemistry series “Lily Robinson and the Art of Secret Poisoning” is written by a prominent clinical chemist/toxicologist writing under […]

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Lily Robinson and the Art of Secret Poisoning

December 27th, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

During 2009, the journal Clinical Chemistry introduced an interesting concept to the medical literature world. Their series entitled “Lily Robinson and the Art of Secret […]

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Drexel Pharmaceutical Management MBA

December 23rd, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

Designed for professionals seeking advanced positions in management, policymaking or stakeholder relations, the Drexel MBA in Pharmaceutical Management at LeBow College of Business merges business […]

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Physician Burnout on Medscape Forum

December 21st, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

We came across this forum posting on Medscape, which we post as a supplement to the JAMA articles noted earlier this month. It is an […]

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JAMA: Physician Burnout (3)

December 17th, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

A recent issue of JAMA covered the topic of physician burnout. The article titled “Calibrating the physician. Personal awareness and effective patient care, was authored […]

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JAMA: Physician Burnout (2)

December 16th, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

A recent issue of JAMA covered the topic of physician burnout. The article titled “Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, […]

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JAMA Covers Physician Burnout

December 15th, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

A recent issue of JAMA included several articles dedicated to burnout among physicians. The first, by Dr. Shanafelt, was an editorial addressing the topic (JAMA. 2009 […]

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NPR: Doctors Who Write

December 10th, 2009 | by PRN | Leave a comment

We came across an interesting article on NPR recently titled “Story Specialists: Doctors Who Write.” The article features physician author Abraham Verghese.

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