Consciousness after death
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Here’s a great link from Wired Magazine. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/consciousness-after-death/all/
Category Archives: new paradigm
Make college relevant, not a resort vacation (my column in the Greenville News)
A big thanks to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit for the link! This is my column in today’s Greenville News. A topic I’m passionate about, in no small part thanks to hearing Glenn Reynolds, of Instapundit.com, speak on it at Clemson University. … Continue reading
Australian gun control
Here’s an interesting link about violent crime in Australia and the UK. http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/07/mailvox-aussie-logic.html The problem with so much in politics is that there is no negative feedback loop. When politicians institute ideas that are dysfunctional, they don’t retract. They increase. … Continue reading
Homo Sapiens Entitlus: a species emerges
Homo Sapiens Entitlus: a species emerges There is a staggering degree of entitlement mentality that wanders through America’s emergency departments. In the 19 years since I finished residency, it has grown in ways I could never have foreseen. It seems … Continue reading
Self-evident truth in medicine
Some things in medicine are obvious. Despite the endless worship of ‘evidence-based’ medicine, and the constant barrage of studies on every conceivable topic, we do certain things because we know they just seem right. I take as evidence the fact … Continue reading
Making the future brighter for aspiring physicians: text of my lecture
This is the text of my recent lecture at the Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University. Making the future brighter for aspiring physicians March 29, 2012 Calhoun Lecture Series Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University Thank you for the invitation to speak … Continue reading
EMR crash…the rise of the robots!
EMR crash…the rise of the robots! Yesterday was nearly cataclysmic. Sitting in the emergency department, tapping merrily away on my computer (the main consumer of my time), it suddenly said: ‘Fatal error, program will shut down.’ It happens, no big … Continue reading
EMR crash…the robots are rising!
Yesterday was nearly cataclysmic. Sitting in the emergency department, tapping merrily away on my computer (the main consumer of my time), it suddenly said: ‘Fatal error, program will shut down.’ It happens, no big deal. Until all of the computers … Continue reading
Click, click: the sound of modern medicine
This is my March EM News column. We live in the age of EMR. An age in which it’s almost impossible to work in a hospital or clinic setting without the endless tap of keys as the metronomic background to … Continue reading