Podcast of ExBEM

Podcast of ExBem: Episode 68 : Closing the "Sale"

I once thought that having made a diagnosis and recommended  its treatment that I could now move to the next patient. Experience has taught me  however, that it is now that the crucial work begins.

Podcast of ExBem: Episode 67 : Why Artificial Intelligence Can't Do my Job (Yet)

Ready or not artificial intelligence is here. Does this mean that physicians are soon to be out of a job? On this episode I explain why our positions are secure, at least for now....

Podcast of ExBem : Episode 66 : Lessons From My Patient Experience

After a month to process my emergency appendectomy, on this episode I describe my "take aways" from my encounter, or should I say collision, with modern American medicine.

Podcast of ExBem: Episode 65 : The Other End of the Stethoscope- When the Doctor Needs a Doctor

I have had little experience being a patient... until now.   On this episode I share what it was like on the other end of the stethoscope, or in my case the scalpel.

Podcast of ExBem: Episode 64 : The "Product" That We Sell

Hospital administration continually reminds me that emergency medicine is a business.  If so, this begs the question - what are we selling?  On this episode I describe why my recent experience suggests that what we are selling is not really what our patients are looking to buy.