NPR had a nice feature atrticle this week on Dr. Kwei Quartey, a physician novelist.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
PRN Notable Quote
Here is today’s notable quote from Physician Renaissance Network: “Control your own destiny or someone else will.” – Jack Welch
(Kind of) Meet Lily Robinson
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 […]
Lily Robinson and the Art of Secret Poisoning
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 […]
Drexel Pharmaceutical Management MBA
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 […]
Physician Burnout on Medscape Forum
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 […]
JAMA: Physician Burnout (3)
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 […]
JAMA: Physician Burnout (2)
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, […]
JAMA Covers Physician Burnout
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 […]
NPR: Doctors Who Write
We came across an interesting article on NPR recently titled “Story Specialists: Doctors Who Write.” The article features physician author Abraham Verghese.


