Self-Care: Rethink What (You Think) You Know
“If knowledge is power, knowing what we don’t know is wisdom.” —Dr. Adam Grant (organizational psychologist)
SOAP Note
“My vaccines are up to date”
Is it helpful to ask patients if their vaccines are up to date? What’s the evidence for and against?
Self-Care: Name It to Tame It
“Naming an emotion begins the process of regulating and reflecting on it. What we can name we can tame; when we give meaning to something, we can tolerate it and even change its impact.” —Dr. Sue Johnson
Updates: Lung cancer screening, gonorrhea intervening, and primary aldosteronism gleaning!
Let’s review some updates on forum topics from the past year: lung cancer screening, gonorrhea testing and management, and primary aldosteronism.
Self-Care: Meditation & The Power of Stillness
“Meditation is a not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there.” —Deepak Chopra
Eating disorders in adults
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 22-28! To improve our awareness, we’re taking a look at eating disorders in patients AFTER adolescence!
Self-Care: Houseplant Love
“You can’t buy happiness but you can buy plants and that’s pretty much the same thing.”
Self-Care: Sorry, I’m Booked
“The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” —Dr. Seuss
Chronic Hepatitis B: Confused No More
What’s the diagnostic criteria for chronic hepatitis B (CHB)? What serology findings do these patients have in common? What studies should we monitor in these patients? And how do we differentiate the phases of CHB?
Self-Care: Ground
“Ground is what lies beneath our feet. It is the place where we already stand; a state of recognition, the place or the circumstances to which we belong whether we wish to or not…” —David Whyte (Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words)