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Social media has a funny way of showcasing our strengths but rarely our weaknesses, struggles, hardships, and embarrassing confessions. Here's my embarrassing academic confession: I've read less than ten fiction novels cover-to-cover in my life. As...

The first habit of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - be proactive. Humans are indeed a unique species in that we have the ability to condition and recondition ourselves. Our response to any...

I received an e-mail yesterday from Baylor College of Medicine stating that students should read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People before orientation. I'm sure many of my classmates have already read this...

The final chapter of How Doctors Think by Dr. Groopman deals with the experiences of the author (an oncologist by training) and his colleagues as they diagnose and treat cancer patients. This was of...

In the latest chapter of How Doctors Think, the author disclosed his years of struggling with a hand problem which no specialist seemed to properly diagnose. He visited four hand surgeons in the course...

So I'm almost half-way done with How Doctors Think. Impressed? I sure am! 😀 The author made an interesting point in the last chapter - the more specialized the trade, the less likely an...

"How Doctors Think is a window into the mind of the physician and an insightful examination of the all-important relationship between doctors and their patients." This is an excerpt from the back cover of...

Those closest to me know that I'm not a reader. Not even close. In fact, I can't even remember the last novel I read for school, and as far as outside reading goes, it's...