December 16 2017 by Neel Desai, M.D. "True tragic. The proper composition of your support team is not “colleagues and family." It is “friends, colleagues and family.” Honest friendships can save your life and isolation can snatch it away." …
A New Mantra for Modern Times By Neel Desai, M.D. Something came up in my mind the other day. It had to do with something one of our Medical Influencers said in one of his daily Facebook LiveCasts - Dr.…
The Hidden Curriculum by Neel Desai, M.D. I have the pleasure of teaching 1st and 2nd-year medical students and their introduction to clinical medicine in primary care. One of my students, let’s call him Kayden, asked me an interesting question…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5912026/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] So if I can impress upon you one thing it's to take action, even if it's a small step. Get a small win and take action towards something... What I would like to encourage physicians to…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5843124/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] "After a multitude of discussions with family and friends, I realized that each one of us has our own unique view of death depending on our culture, religion, profession, etc. Death can be seen as a…
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[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5659000/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450" placement="top"] If you're not taking care of yourself, how can anybody expect you to take care of other people?...Medicine is more than just a job, it's a calling. Introduction Hey there Happy Doc family! We are…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5613329/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] Hey everyone, this is Taylor Brana, the founder of The Happy Doc! I wanted to do a little reflection piece this week, after finishing my first month of intern year in the Emergency department, and starting…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5591520/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450" placement="top"]And then one day I shook my fist to the heavens and demanded my life. This isn't my life, I'm not going to live like this anymore, I demand my life. And then within 24 hours my whole…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5566246/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] I felt like they were trying to slaughter my soul in medical education. I held onto it... the way that I did that by the way was to continue crying and feeling, I refused to get…