Health systems, medical societies, medical school faculty and academic leaders have all attempted to define the characteristics of a good physician. What has been absent in these endeavors is the patient's voice. This article explores patients' definitions of the term "good physician" found in the literature and in a recent informal qualitative study of retired university staff and faculty. Common themes include communication, expertise, compassion and respect for patient autonomy. This work will be used to inform changes to the curriculum for first-year medical students at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
{"title":"What is a Good Doctor?","authors":"Alan M Johns","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health systems, medical societies, medical school faculty and academic leaders have all attempted to define the characteristics of a good physician. What has been absent in these endeavors is the patient's voice. This article explores patients' definitions of the term \"good physician\" found in the literature and in a recent informal qualitative study of retired university staff and faculty. Common themes include communication, expertise, compassion and respect for patient autonomy. This work will be used to inform changes to the curriculum for first-year medical students at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.</p>","PeriodicalId":18639,"journal":{"name":"Minnesota medicine","volume":"99 3","pages":"45-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34484655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From student to physician.","authors":"Charles R Meyer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18639,"journal":{"name":"Minnesota medicine","volume":"99 3","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34484645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John R Spratt, Peter A Bretzman, Paul M Lafferty, Michael D McGonigal
{"title":"Gluteal Compartment Syndrome: Successful Management with Combined Angioembolization and Surgical Decompression.","authors":"John R Spratt, Peter A Bretzman, Paul M Lafferty, Michael D McGonigal","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18639,"journal":{"name":"Minnesota medicine","volume":"99 3","pages":"51-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34484658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
America is suffering from an epidemic of opioid misuse that has been attributed to the narcotic prescribing practices of physicians. This article focuses on the State of Minnesota and the role that its Board of Medical Practice (BMP) played in this crisis. It presents a review of guidelines issued by the BMP over the last 30 years, showing that it followed national trends in emphasizing increased prescribing of narcotics for pain up until last year, when a much more cautious and nuanced approach to opioid prescribing was advised.
{"title":"The Opioid Epidemic and the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice.","authors":"Steven J Waisbren","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>America is suffering from an epidemic of opioid misuse that has been attributed to the narcotic prescribing practices of physicians. This article focuses on the State of Minnesota and the role that its Board of Medical Practice (BMP) played in this crisis. It presents a review of guidelines issued by the BMP over the last 30 years, showing that it followed national trends in emphasizing increased prescribing of narcotics for pain up until last year, when a much more cautious and nuanced approach to opioid prescribing was advised.</p>","PeriodicalId":18639,"journal":{"name":"Minnesota medicine","volume":"99 3","pages":"39-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34484654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drug-Induced Lupus: Treating One Ailment Can Lead to Another.","authors":"Claire Jansson-Knodell, Mary Jo Kasten","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18639,"journal":{"name":"Minnesota medicine","volume":"99 3","pages":"52-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34496177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective Treatment of Decompression-Related Spinal Cord Injury with a Novel Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment: A Case Report.","authors":"Kerri Chung, Diane Mortimer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18639,"journal":{"name":"Minnesota medicine","volume":"99 3","pages":"57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34496179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}