BACK of the BOOK
Heard in the Blogosphere
Continued from page 165
Joshua Niforatos
@vagabondpensees
To all the physicians out there who *enjoy*
their jobs, we need you to write more about
this to balance the rather one-sided, dominant
narrative of the burnt-out, suffering physician.
You exist; I’ve rotated w/ you; now write. Write
to inspire a future generation of doctors.
Getting Red-dy for
#ASH18!
The newly redesigned “Trainee Day” called
for a new mascot: Meet Red! Red introduced
himself at ASH headquarters and shared some
behind-the-scenes photos of the ASH-a-
Palooza planning.
ASH
@ASH_hematology
Jeffrey Flier, MD
@jflier
How to be successful in research: Treat
everyone with respect. Listen. Be authentic.
Ask for help. Don’t be afraid to say you don’t
know. Communicate. Put your mentees first.
Don’t give up. Stay humble. Be honest with
yourself. Give yourself time to think.
Should You Choose a Female
Doctor?
Recent studies have suggested that patients tend to
fare better when they are treated by a female doctor
rather than by a male doctor. Why would a doctor’s
gender matter? According to patients and health-care
providers who spoke about this topic in The New York
Times, communication and empathy are key factors.
“All doctors, whether they are a man or a woman, really
set out to save a person’s life. … Patients not only want
you to take care of them in terms of making the right
diagnosis, they also want to feel heard, and a big part
of health care is the communication piece.”
Hi, I’m Red! I’m
the mascot for
ASH-a-Palooza,
#ASHTrainee day
reimagined, on Nov.
30 at @PetcoPark.
I’ll be taking over
today. Send me your
questions about our
event!
Roy Silverstein, MD
@RSilversteinMD
ASH-a-Palooza Red crashes the ASH
training committee meeting in DC.
#ASHtrainee #ASH18
—Nieca Goldberg, MD, from NYU Langone’s Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health
“Had I been with a male doctor, I think he just would
have put his arm around me and said, ‘Listen, go home,
relax, meditate, maybe take a tranquilizer,’ and that
would have been the end of it. [Dr. Goldberg] paid
attention and treated me as if I were credible. I wish
all the women I know could understand how important
it is to have a doctor who pays attention to them,
whatever part of the body they are looking at. I think a
lot of women are getting short shrift.”
—Edna Haber, a woman who saw Dr. Goldberg to discuss heart palpitations
“I am hesitant to say that women should avoid male
physicians or people should focus on getting a single
type of physician, because that circumnavigates the
issue. Patients should, by all means, make sure that
they are being taken seriously and being strong self-
advocates.”
Red won some fans:
Julia Close, MD
@JuliaLClose
This is one of those hematology advantages over oncology. Large stuffed walking red
blood cell = cute and, honestly, AWESOME. Giant ambulating cancer blob - lacks the
same charm and would be totally inappropriate.
And it also marked an unusually early start to the Ribbon Wars:
Mikkael Sekeres MD, MS
@MikkaelSekeres
@jmikhaelmd how could Red have gotten a ribbon that we don’t possess yet! S/he is
still a long way from our ASH Sash for #ASH18!
—Brad Greenwood, PhD, from the University of Minnesota’s
Carlson School of Management
“If I [need] to guide the discussion, I [try] to do it in a
way that [is] more gentle. The fact that the doctor is
hearing what you are saying and cares about you and
understands what you are going through makes coping
with the illness and the implications of the illness that
much easier.”
Follow ASH and
ASH Clinical News
on:
@ASH_Hematology, @BloodJournal,
@BloodAdvances, and @ASHClinicalNews
Facebook.com/AmericanSocietyofHematology
—Donald Barr, MD, PhD, from Stanford University School of Medicine
@ASH_Hematology
ASHClinicalNews.org
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