Empathy

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Medidata’s Alicia Staley about enhancing the patient care experience from a former patient’s perspective, building empathetic technical solutions and more.

Although medical humanities is increasingly recognized as an important component to medical education, many institutions only offer it as an elective course, according to Valerie E. Cadet, PhD.

The humanities, from music and painting to literature and poetry, offer limitless opportunities to grow as a professional and as an individual.

“A brave leader is someone who says I see you. I hear you. I don’t have all the answers, but I’m going to keep listening and asking questions.” — Brené Brown

Although the future role for rheumatologists in treating patients with long COVID is still uncertain, patient validation and empathy will be key parts of the equation, according to a speaker at EULAR 2022 Congress.

This month, we are so lucky to have such an extraordinary panel of experts in the field of rheumatoid arthritis — Daniel Aletaha, MD, MSc; Stanley Cohen, MD; Bryant R. England, MD, PhD; Roy Fleischmann, MD; and Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH — debate the merits of remission vs. low disease activity as the desired target in the therapy of rheumatoid arthritis.

Treating to target has, since the dawn of targeted biologic and non-biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, permeated every aspect of rheumatology care.

In this episode, E. Wes Ely, MD, MPH, discusses the value of human connection with patients, reflects on the values of hope and mercy in patient care, and reads key excerpts from his book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath.

Diabetes care and education specialists should be understanding when people with diabetes develop complications, listen carefully to them and be alert for symptoms of diabetes distress, according to a speaker.

Saleh Aldasouqi, MD, never saw himself as a writer — and initially, not as an endocrinologist — until he learned how much he enjoyed telling stories that show the human side of practicing medicine.