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Shakespeare once wrote, “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” Today, we must ask a different question: “Are people thoughtless, or are they simply selfish?” Despite orders for social distancing and self-isolation to mitigate transmission of COVD-19 in virtually every country, crowds continue to gather in public places, shop in large numbers, [Read More]
Our holiday season is marked by increased cases of COVID-19, more hospitalizations, long waiting lines in front of emergency departments around the country, overworked health care professionals tending to the sick, and too many critically ill patients in overflowing intensive care units. Sadly, there is also a significant increase in COVID-related deaths. Like all of [Read More]
Twenty years ago this week the science fiction film The Matrix was released in the United States. This film directed by the Wachowskis brothers stars Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne. The film grossed more than 460 million dollars worldwide. The Matrix describes a dystopian future in which the hero is a computer programmer named Thomas [Read More]
Photo from:https://cyndimarshall.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/a-world-without-borders/ On January 31, 2019 Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani, was awarded the prestigious Australian Victoria Prize for Literature for his book No Friend But the Mountains: writings from Manus prison (Picador, Australia https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760555382/). As his translator, Omid Tofighian (Department of Philosophy, American University of Cairo and Egypt Department of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, [Read More]
Maintaining a clean and organized home is no easy feat. With our busy lives revolving around work, family, and personal commitments, finding time and energy to clean can be challenging. That’s where recurring cleaning services come into play. They’re a practical solution to keeping your home spotless without the hassle. Still wondering if they’re worth [Read More]
As 2017 nears its end, it is traditional to look back and examine both the good and the bad, the obstacles overcome and the challenges ahead. For this there is little more important than the value of a transformational gift. Whether the gift is a gift of time, energy, dedication, money, materials, ideas, or inspiration, [Read More]
During another recent, nonmedicine-related trip to the Middle East and Jerusalem, I had the privilege of experiencing first hand many examples of leadership on an international scale. This trip reminded me of the importance of the educator-leader, and inspires me to make several small but important revisions to the WABIP/Bronchoscopy International Train-the-Trainer core curriculum. Leadership [Read More]
May 5, 2017: An educational system based on the democratization of knowledge is the exact opposite of a system based on the coerced acceptance of conventional wisdom and dogma. For centuries, medical training was defined by ‘The Teacher’ who was the owner of knowledge and who had power over the learner; that other person [Read More]
In 1620, Francis Bacon argued that ‘knowledge is power’. Since the advent of the Internet and the increasing popularity of social media services such as Facebook, Whatsapp, and Twitter, spreading knowledge has never been easier or more instantaneous. Yet the inequalities regarding access to information, technical skills, and medical training resources seem enormous. Inequalities of [Read More]