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641. The medical sublime (57:58)

Date:
March 19, 2014
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
In its emphasis on instrumentality, on the patient as something to be acted upon, and on the doctor as an abstracted agent of diagnosis and treatment, medicine often neglects the practitioner's inv...

644. The new MCAT and doctors for the 21st century (1:01:15)

Date:
January 23, 2013
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
With health care reform on the near horizon and other social realities (aging, immigration, chronic conditions, quests for prevention and wellness) dramatically changing health care in the U.S., wh...

648. The opioid epidemic's impact on public health and patient care (59:55)

Date:
October 4, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
The opioid epidemic raging in the U.S., including in Virginia and neighboring states, took nearly two decades to develop and will take years to quell. So says the recent National Academy of Medicin...

651. The play's the thing: teaching leadership with creative arts (1:02:17)

Date:
April 2, 2014
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
Despite their reliance on technical knowledge that requires mastery, medicine, law, and business are all deeply human professions. Medicine is more than body repair, law more than legal systems, bu...

656. The primary care physician, an endangered species? (1:02:15)

Date:
September 19, 2012
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
With the aging of our nation's practicing physicians and the recent, steep decline in medical graduates choosing careers in primary care for adults, U.S. patients today are hard pressed to find a p...