Drinking before a shift and hard patient conversations

In episode 51, Nick and Emi Okamoto, MD, discuss what makes a good doctor-patient relationship, how EMRs affect burnout, and when, if ever, it's okay to have had a drink before a clinical shift. 

The interview portion of this episode comes from Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD, who hosts a discussion about difficult conversations that residents and fellows need to have with their patients. Dr. Yurkiewicz, along with Emily Bryer, DO, and Ronak Mistry, DO, address those times when a patient asks what you would do if the patient were your family member, and how much patients really want to know about their situation. 

Dr. Yurkiewicz is a hematology/oncology fellow at Stanford (Calif.) University and the host and producer of the Clinical Correlation segment of Blood & Cancer, the official podcast of MDedge Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Bryer and Dr. Mistry are both at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

You can contact Nick and Emi by emailing [email protected], and you can follow Nick on Twitter at @nick_andrews__ or Instagram at @medicalmuggle. 

Time stamps:

• Good doctor-patient relationships (01:40)
• Drinking before the clinic? (03:20)
• How EMRs affect ob.gyn. care (07:27)
• Hard conversations with Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz (15:20)

Links:

• What Makes a Good Doctor-Patient Relationship? (Medscape)
• The electronic medical record's role in ObGyn burnout and patient care (MDedge/ObGyn)
  • Downloadable PDF
• Having a beer before a shift (Reddit: r/medicine)
• Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD
  • Academic Profile
  • Blood & Cancer
  • Hard Questions Column
• Emily Bryer, DO 
• Ronak Mistry, DO

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