Vulnerability and Resilience posted on 2025-09-21
At a recent pulmonary conference hosted by Sharp Healthcare in San Diego, I had the opportunity to discuss vulnerability and resilience issues in healthcare. One of my goals was to raise awareness about the tragedy of suicide among physicians and other healthcare professionals. Recent studies have shown that suicides are on the rise, and that [Read More]
Introducing the new BronchAtlas posted on 2025-09-14
Better lung health is within reach with our tailored solutions. Visit bronchatlas.com to find out how to enhance respiratory care effectively. http://bronchatlas.com Our mission at Bronchoscopy International has always been and still is to provide practitioners and trainees around the world with free, easily accessible tools that will enhance their ability to care for their patients competently. Our [Read More]
On friendship and sudden loss posted on 2025-09-08
Like many physicians, my life was surrounded by death, and my professional ambitions were dedicated to postponing its arrival at my patients’ bedside. Yet, when death appeared, I spent hours in its presence, sometimes in silence, sometimes to comfort, and other times rebelliously fighting against its ultimate outcome. Grief was a constant companion, but not [Read More]
Value of courageous and unselfish leadership posted on 2025-09-03
Organizations everywhere risk struggling with internal conflicts or resistance to change, lack of transparency, unclear identity and vision, self-serving or ego-driven decision-making, and flawed groupthink. These issues can steer societies away from their goals to provide benefits to their collectives and the communities they serve. Hence, they jeopardize the organization’s future and may irreversibly harm [Read More]
From Novice to Expert: The Dreyfus Skill Model posted on 2025-08-27
The Dreyfus model of skill acquisition was proposed in 1980 and has since been used by educators to explain how learners progress from being novices to becoming experts, passing through stages of being an advanced beginner, competent, and proficient at their assigned task. The authors later added a sixth stage, that of master, to their [Read More]