Knock Knock Eye: Physicians and Unionization: Why We're Behind
Two topics today. First, unionization, which is having a real moment in healthcare. Banner Health's hospitalists just formed the largest physician union in Arizona. The Brigham and Women's nurses rece...
23 Juli 31min
Sharon McMahon on How Physicians Can Make Real Change in the Healthcare System
Sharon McMahon, America's government teacher, author of the number one New York Times bestseller The Small and the Mighty, and one of the most effective science communicators working right now, just o...
21 Juli 1h 9min
Knock Knock Eye: My July 4th On-Call Recap
I almost finished my July 4th call week. Good news! Portland did not blow its face off this year. No open globes, no eyelid lacerations, no thermal injuries, no sclopetaria. Bad news: a Friday holida...
16 Juli 38min
Glauc Talk: Can Free Medical School Fix the Primary Care Crisis?
It's just the two of us this week, which means we bounce between Star Wars, ageism in medicine, Mark Cuban's healthcare policy ideas, and the spleen. Kristin sent me a video about the Bajau people of ...
14 Juli 41min
Knock Knock Eye: Life Advice for Residents Starting Their First Month
Today's main event: how a physician-owned practice negotiates with UnitedHealthcare. UHC is notorious for raising premiums 20 to 30% while offering physician reimbursement bumps of about 1%. I walk th...
9 Juli 35min
Two Sisters, Two Cardiac Arrests, Zero Explanations with Kendra Cunningham and Kayla Messana
This week we're joined by Kendra Cunningham and Kayla Messana, sisters and co-hosts of the podcast Flatlined and Fine, and their stories are almost impossible to believe. Kayla was 31, healthy, three ...
7 Juli 1h 2min
Knock Knock Eye: World Cup Eye Injuries: An Ophthalmologist's Field Guide
I'm on call July 4th for the first time in what feels like forever, and I have fully lost perspective on what call should feel like. 2018 me, fresh out of an Iowa trauma center, would be horrified at ...
2 Juli 31min
Is the Match Broken? A Deep Dive into Medical Education with Dr. Bryan Carmody
I've been watching the Sheriff of Sodium break down medical education data on social media for years, so I'm thrilled to finally have Dr. Bryan Carmody on the show to help me understand what's actuall...
30 Juni 1h 5min
