There’s No Crime Like the Presents
I hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and, although the climate seems to be working constantly against it, I hope some of you...
Musical and Medical Reflections
While updating my CV for an annual performance review, I noticed a considerable number of musical references popping up in the bibliography. Yes, Bruce...
Editor’s Corner: Running on Empty
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey and Virginia, every year our nuclear family piled into an olive 1974 Dodge Dart...
Editor’s Corner: Learning to Lead
We learn a lot in medical school. But as I move through my still-early career, I find myself occasionally reflecting on what we are...
Editor’s Corner: Two Ears, One Mouth
I consider myself blessed to come from a medical family. My parents were physicians who were sweethearts in medical school in Egypt. They had...
Editor’s Corner: Move Over Millennials: Time to Teach Outside the Boundaries
The many meanings and purposes of the word “zoom” and its namesake technology are especially relevant in today’s educational environment. To prepare our educators,...
Editor’s Corner: What’s Your Type?
Each of us remembers moments in our education that have shaped us into who we are. Books we read, lessons we hear, and encounters...
Editor’s Corner: The Zoombie Apocalypse
Last Thursday, due to a calendar snafu, I found myself scheduled for videoconferences continuously from 8 a.m. until after 10 p.m. That meant 14...
Editor’s Corner: What We Do When We Don’t Know What to Do
We are in the middle of a global “Oh, crap” moment. One of those moments when we’re in over our heads, the water keeps...
Editor’s Corner: Caring For Ourselves and Each Other in an Unprecedented Time
During the COVID-19 quarantine, my grandfather, the well-loved patriarch of our large family, passed away. It is difficult to process loss and grief over...