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Essays, book notes, and research on compassion, education, well-being, and care.
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Before anyone raises a concern, they quietly ask two questions: Is it safe? and Is it worth it? A poster answers neither. A look at the research behind speak-up culture, the four quadrants of voice and silence, and why the answer is the only thing leaders actually control.
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Quality of care is proportional to the quality of your questions, multiplied by how often you ask, raised to the power of the integrity of your answers. A walk through the equation — and why honest answers are the exponent that amplifies everything else.
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The same device can enable compassion or extinguish it, and the difference is never settled in the silicon. Six questions — for leaders, clinicians, students, prescribers, and builders — about where moral responsibility for technology actually sits.
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I have been mentored badly by generous people and mentored well by people who had very little time for me. If I am being honest, I have probably also been both types of mentors as well. The difference was never warmth, a
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Independence does not leave through the front door with a suitcase. It slips out through a hundred small exits. A home safety professional on why you cannot subtract your way to safety, and how to negotiate risk without shrinking a person's life.
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We have all been there. Sitting in a classroom (or logged into a Zoom call) that felt, well, a little uninspired. The slides are clean. The information is accurate. The professor clearly put in hours of preparation. And ...
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For decades, researchers have known that how students regulate their own learning matters at least as much as what they study. Students who set goals, select effective strategies, monitor their progress, and reflect on o...
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If you have been in a clinical setting recently, you have probably heard a colleague mention OpenEvidence. Perhaps you have seen a resident pull it up on their phone during rounds, or a colleague reference it when discus
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In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published a report that shook American healthcare to its foundation. To Err Is Human estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year from preventable med
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In March 2020, educators around the world experienced what can only be described as an educational baptism by fire. Without warning, without preparation, and without the luxury of a gradual transition, millions of instru...
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When I was a younger man, I did a fair amount of stand-up comedy. While I had a lot of fun developing and performing material, it could get repetitive and boring. The jokes were the same every night. The audience was dif...
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When I was a younger man, I did a lot of stand-up comedy. While I had a lot of fun developing and performing material, it could get repetitive and boring. The jokes were the same every night. The audience was different,
