Every year on the weekend after after Thanksgiving, much to the disappointment of my family, I fly to Chicago to attend one of the largest medical conferences in the world: the RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) annual meeting. The conference is huge, with tens of thousands of attendees, hundreds of educational talks and posters, … Continue reading RSNA 2020: Attending a virtual medical conference
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The gift of empathy
I was part of a facilitated discussion for a charitable group, and the question posed to us was: How do we increase empathy? It was a diverse group of entrepreneurs, educators, and others (I include myself as an "other"). There were a lot of thought-provoking questions raised: How and when do you start teaching kids … Continue reading The gift of empathy
Redefining “better”
In Seth Godin's podcast Akimbo, he discusses the concept of being supple, or being resilient in a changing world. In the subsequent episode, he answers listener questions about the previous week. A filmmaker asks what he should do, given that much of the creation of pictures and videos has shifted away from experienced professionals to … Continue reading Redefining “better”
Radiology is not ruined, it just doesn’t know what it is
Robert Wachter recently published a book exerpt, Has Technology Ruined the Radiology Profession? The basic idea is that technology, first seen as a boon to the profession of radiology, has actually eroded its value, perhaps to the point of replacing radiologists with machines. It's a cautionary tale, meant to warn the rest of medicine of the … Continue reading Radiology is not ruined, it just doesn’t know what it is
