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Skeptical Scalpel: Is advertising by doctors and hospitals worthwhile?
The decline of medicine as a profession began when it became legal for doctors and hospitals to advertise. Apparently it all starte...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2014/07/surgery-in-space-i-foresee-problems.html?showComment=1404957163464
Skeptical Scalpel: Surgery in space: I foresee problems.
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Skeptical Scalpel: Questions about antibiotics vs. surgery for acute appendicitis
A study from Finland suggesting that antibiotics may be a viable alternative to surgery for acute appendicitis has created a stir. As you m...
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Skeptical Scalpel: That electric hand dryer study was bogus: Here's why
Just about everyone I follow on Twitter commented and/or linked to an article about a study claiming that electric hand dryers spew bacteri...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Delayed Appendectomy: A Different Kind of Peer Review
UPDATED MARCH 7, 2011 It seems that USA Today writer Rita Rubin is pushing an agenda which is that appendectomy for acute appendicitis shoul...
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Skeptical Scalpel: How much money do journal publishers make? A lot
Many, including me, have written about who is making money in healthcare. Sure doctors do very well, but not as well as hospitals, hospital ...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2014/07/new-post-on-medical-bag-website.html
Skeptical Scalpel: New post on "The Medical Bag" website
I am now writing for a website called "The Medical Bag." No it's not about a female doctor. The site is a medical news and social area f...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Persists: Causes and Solutions
For at least the last 20 years, graduates of U.S. medical schools have resisted pleas from organized and disorganized medicine to become pri...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Who is at fault if a patient doesn't follow up?
In keeping with the mind-set of most Americans today, the answer to the question posed in the title of this post is, "the doctor." Amer...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Lactated ringers and hyperkalemia: A blog post meriting academic credit
In a recent post , I suggested that physicians should receive academic recognition for certain social media activities. " Myth-busting: Lact...
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MPorcius Fiction Log: Two stories by Theodore Sturgeon: "Occam's Scalpel" and "If All Men Were...
Brief and spoilertastic notes on fiction I have read.
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Skeptical Scalpel: Can retired specialists be retrained to ease the shortage of family doctors? No
Last week there was some buzz on Twitter about a proposal from a retired plastic surgeon in San Diego who has developed a plan to retra...
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Skeptical Scalpel: School or Scam? St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants
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Skeptical Scalpel: Signs that the apocalypse is near. Part 2
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Skeptical Scalpel: Will automation affect surgeons' skills?
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Skeptical Scalpel: Should radiologists tell patients their test results?
Radiologists discussing test results with patients, a subject that has been lurking under the radar for a while, recently came to light beca...
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Skeptical Scalpel: My blog cited in JAMA Surgery paper: Progress for bloggers
About a year and a half ago, I blogged that a medical student on Twitter used a blog post of mine as evidence. In January, the Canadian Jou...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Things that puzzle me about surgical education
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Skeptical Scalpel: Changing pre-med requirements and med school curricula
Ezekiel Emanuel, the University of Pennsylvania physician and ethicist, has written an opinion piece suggesting many changes in both pre-med...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Warning. Beware of misleading medical information on the Internet
While doing some research for another blog post, I came across a website for a company that makes private-label bottled water. One section...
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Skeptical Scalpel: How much money do journal publishers make? A lot
Many, including me, have written about who is making money in healthcare. Sure doctors do very well, but not as well as hospitals, hospital ...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-medical-student-says-to-abandon-match.html?showComment=1398351107706
Skeptical Scalpel: A medical student says to abandon the match
A blog post entitled "How a Nobel Economist Ruined the Residency Matching System for Newly Minted MDs" appeared on the Forbes website. I...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2013/08/whatever-happened-to-robotic.html?showComment=1412915438700
Skeptical Scalpel: Whatever happened to robotic thyroidectomy?
In case you missed it, there was a brief romance between thyroid surgeons and robots. Thyroid surgeons, itching to join the crowds mi...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Should resident promotion decisions be based on a written exam?
A few days ago, some surgeons on Twitter discussed the role of the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination, a test which is given ...
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Skeptical Scalpel: What about activity restrictions after surgery?
Although, uncommon, bleeding after surgery is the most common potential post-operative complication. To minimize the chances of this occurr...
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Skeptical Scalpel: A paper of mine was published. Did anyone read it?
An orthopedist asked me if I could explain why a couple of papers of his did not generate any feedback. He wasn't even sure that anyone had ...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2015/01/now-im-really-worried-about-surgical.html?showComment=1422568027371
Skeptical Scalpel: Now I'm really worried about surgical education
Here's why. A friend told me that a new attending on his staff was having some problems. Although the young surgeon was a graduate of five...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Now I'm really worried about surgical education
Here's why. A friend told me that a new attending on his staff was having some problems. Although the young surgeon was a graduate of five...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Will robots eliminate the need for surgeons?
A medical student from Germany emailed me saying he had always wanted to be a surgeon, but someone told him that by 2030 surgeons would no l...
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Skeptical Scalpel: A medical student says to abandon the match
A blog post entitled "How a Nobel Economist Ruined the Residency Matching System for Newly Minted MDs" appeared on the Forbes website. I...
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Skeptical Scalpel: More evidence that the manuscript peer review process is broken
To the surprise of almost no one, asking authors of research papers to submit names of potential peer reviewers for their manuscripts turn...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Medical School and Surgery
A rising second year medical student read some of my posts and wrote me a kind note asking if I would write something for students. I taught...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Defensive medicine is more of a problem than you think
You may have missed this when it first appeared. Experts from Harvard and the University of Southern California say assumptions made by...
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Skeptical Scalpel: School or Scam? St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants
My blog is being bombarded with spam comments from a purported school called "St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants." Of course, I have...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Are surgeons responsible for everything that happens to their patients?
Several months ago, a post called "Everything's my fault: How a surgeon says I'm sorry" appeared on KevinMD. It was written by a plastic su...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Changing pre-med requirements and med school curricula
Ezekiel Emanuel, the University of Pennsylvania physician and ethicist, has written an opinion piece suggesting many changes in both pre-med...
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Skeptical Scalpel: What are the residency prospects for graduates of offshore medical schools?
Note: I updated this information in a new post on 7/26/16. A year ago in a post about law school applications decreasing, I speculated a...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Patients vs. doctors
A JAMA Viewpoint article suggests that doctors should be aware that patients may be surreptitiously recording their conversations. The auth...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2015/01/can-you-define-professionalism.html?showComment=1420401445038
Skeptical Scalpel: Can you define "professionalism"?
A while ago, I wrote about a medical student whose school tried to dismiss him just prior to graduation for unprofessional behavior. A ju...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2014/01/is-advertising-by-doctors-and-hospitals.html?showComment=1391577031798
Skeptical Scalpel: Is advertising by doctors and hospitals worthwhile?
The decline of medicine as a profession began when it became legal for doctors and hospitals to advertise. Apparently it all starte...
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Skeptical Scalpel: OR tech: "How do I deal with an abusive surgeon?"
Have you ever come across problems with rage and temperament issues in the OR. I have been an operating room tech for many years and have b...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Ultrasound selfies? How surveys can mislead
Do you believe that traditional hospitals will be obsolete in the future? A recent survey found that 57% of those polled believed that woul...
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Skeptical Scalpel: School or Scam? St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants
My blog is being bombarded with spam comments from a purported school called "St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants." Of course, I have...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Radioactive man? Milford resident pulled over by state police
A few days ago, a 42-year-old man was stopped by a state policeman because radiation coming from his vehicle was detected by a device in...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Follow-up: Meaningful Use Stage 3 is coming
Yesterday, I posted " Meaningful Use Stage 3 Is Coming: Should Be Fun " which discussed some onerous new rules that Stage 3 will impose incl...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Is advertising by doctors and hospitals worthwhile?
The decline of medicine as a profession began when it became legal for doctors and hospitals to advertise. Apparently it all starte...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Is advertising by doctors and hospitals worthwhile?
The decline of medicine as a profession began when it became legal for doctors and hospitals to advertise. Apparently it all starte...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Why do misconceptions about brain death persist?
On December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath underwent a tonsillectomy at a children's hospital in Oakland, California. She suffered p...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Corporate speak taken to a higher level
I came across a wonderful example of corporate speak a couple of weeks ago and finally have the time to share it with you. Having on...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Do medical students have drinking problems?
A study from the Mayo Clinic says one-third of US medical students drink too much alcohol and something must be done about it. In 2012, ...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Privacy and a Death in Labor and Delivery
In a beautifully written article the summer issue 2011 of The Pharos , the magazine for members of Alpha Omega Alpha, an anesthesiologist ...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Some general surgery residency graduates may not be competent to operate
A new study says 84% of general surgery residents in their last six months of training were rated as competent to perform the five most comm...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Should radiologists tell patients their test results?
Radiologists discussing test results with patients, a subject that has been lurking under the radar for a while, recently came to light beca...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Is normal saline bad for the kidneys?
Answer: Yes. This week, the two heavyweight medical journals, JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine, featured papers des...
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Skeptical Scalpel: What are the residency prospects for graduates of offshore medical schools?
Note: I updated this information in a new post on 7/26/16. A year ago in a post about law school applications decreasing, I speculated a...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Follow-up on whose fault is it if a patient doesn't follow up
My post entitled "Who is at fault if a patient doesn't follow up?" from 7/19/13 has had over 1000 page views. There were several comments o...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Medical School and Surgery
A rising second year medical student read some of my posts and wrote me a kind note asking if I would write something for students. I taught...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Persists: Causes and Solutions
For at least the last 20 years, graduates of U.S. medical schools have resisted pleas from organized and disorganized medicine to become pri...
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Skeptical Scalpel: School or Scam? St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants
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Skeptical Scalpel: Are surgeons responsible for everything that happens to their patients?
Several months ago, a post called "Everything's my fault: How a surgeon says I'm sorry" appeared on KevinMD. It was written by a plastic su...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Unusual cases part 2
I just posted "Unusual cases part 2" on Physician's Weekly. Here is the link . Find out how this happened: And what about this? ...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Surgeons Are Not Pilots
I am sick of hearing that surgeons can be compared to pilots. Yes, there are some similarities and some things can be learned from the aviat...
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Skeptical Scalpel: What? A woman with no appendix undergoes attempted appendectomy
A surgeon found no appendix when he operated on a 69-year-old woman with abdominal pain in Saskatchewan. She had been admitted with chronic...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Signs that the apocalypse is near. Part 2
I reviewed a few signs of the impending apocalypse in a previous blog . It looks like it will take many blogs to cover all the signs tha...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Does anyone really read anything online?
Not long ago , I tweeted a link to a very long story. Within 60 seconds, it received three retweets. Since the article would have taken at ...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Medicare is changing the way it pays surgeons
Starting in 2017, Medicare will end global payments for operations. The current payment scheme combines preoperative, operative, and postope...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Follow-up: Meaningful Use Stage 3 is coming
Yesterday, I posted " Meaningful Use Stage 3 Is Coming: Should Be Fun " which discussed some onerous new rules that Stage 3 will impose incl...
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Skeptical Scalpel: Patient satisfaction and reality
Christmas came early for us skeptics this year. In a landmark study, certainly one of the most interesting and thought-provoking of the year...
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Skeptical Scalpel: School or Scam? St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants
My blog is being bombarded with spam comments from a purported school called "St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants." Of course, I have...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2016/05/are-there-really-250000-preventable.html?showComment=1462553608151
Skeptical Scalpel: Are there really 250,000 preventable deaths per year in US hospitals?
For the last couple of days, the Twitter medical community has been discussing the latest in a long line of papers attempting to estimate th...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-does-16-year-old-boy-receive-38.html?showComment=1429039040085
Skeptical Scalpel: How does a 16-year-old boy receive 38 times the normal dose of an antibiotic?
If you are a doctor, nurse, patient, or just someone interested in patient safety, you should read a five-part story called "The Overdose: ...
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Validation of ultrasonic harmonic scalpel for real-time tissue identification using rapid...
In this study, we integrate rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (REIMS) with the Harmonic scalpel, an advanced laparoscopic surgical instrument that...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2016/06/what-is-wrong-with-medicine.html?showComment=1466076641461
Skeptical Scalpel: The checklist from hell
This one-page form illustrates much of what is wrong with medical care today. Just imagine the amount o...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2016/01/should-i-become-general-surgeon.html?showComment=1509580052163
Skeptical Scalpel: Should I become a general surgeon?
One of the rewarding things about blogging is receiving many emails from high school, college, and medical students asking about general sur...
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The Scalpel With Dr. Keith Rose
Dr. Keith Rose is an internationally recognized plastic surgeon and tactical medicine physician who has been performing plastic and reconstructive surgery in...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2015/01/now-im-really-worried-about-surgical.html?showComment=1433527088565
Skeptical Scalpel: Now I'm really worried about surgical education
Here's why. A friend told me that a new attending on his staff was having some problems. Although the young surgeon was a graduate of five...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-paper-of-mine-was-published-did.html?showComment=1413407867390
Skeptical Scalpel: A paper of mine was published. Did anyone read it?
An orthopedist asked me if I could explain why a couple of papers of his did not generate any feedback. He wasn't even sure that anyone had ...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-ultimate-resident-evaluation.html
Skeptical Scalpel: The ultimate resident evaluation
It comes as no shock to me, and probably many other current and former program directors, that a recent study showed faculty overall perform...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2014/10/
Skeptical Scalpel: October 2014
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." Oscar Wilde
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2012/02/hyperbaric-oxygen-evidence-based.html?showComment=1330341698729
Skeptical Scalpel: Hyperbaric oxygen, evidence-based medicine and death
A few days ago, a tragedy occurred at a horse rehabilitation center in Florida. A horse said to be receiving hyperbaric oxygen treatment fo...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-on-why-patient-satisfaction.html
Skeptical Scalpel: More on Why Patient Satisfaction Surveys Are Useless
Patient satisfaction surveys are theoretically good things. After all, hospitals and doctors should know what their patients think about the...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2015/10/or-tech-how-do-i-deal-with-abusive.html?showComment=1444149269132
Skeptical Scalpel: OR tech: "How do I deal with an abusive surgeon?"
Have you ever come across problems with rage and temperament issues in the OR. I have been an operating room tech for many years and have b...
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https://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-can-be-done-about-letters-of.html?showComment=1451997474742
Skeptical Scalpel: What can be done about letters of recommendation?
Many surgical educators feel that letters of recommendation are not particularly helpful in evaluating applicants or predicting eventual res...
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