Stanford Medicine 25 Blog
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Learning from the Bedside at the 5th Annual Stanford 25 Bedside Teaching Symposium
Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, connected his talk at Stanford 25’s 5th Annual Bedside Teaching Symposium to a larger theme: the importance of working, teaching, and learning at the bedside.
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The Art and Science of Patient Care
In a perspective piece published in Wiley Online Library, author Robert Truog conveys the importance of the physical exam, writing that “from the beginning, touching has been integral to doctoring.”…
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The Physical Exam Remains an Effective Tool for Physicians
A new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine highlights the necessity of the physical exam in medicine concluding that “it not only contributes diagnostic information but is a therapeutic intervention in and of itself.”…
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Compassion: A Powerful Tool for Improving Patient Outcomes
The release of Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference has ignited a conversation on the relationship between physician compassion and patient outcomes.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Gift of Physician Time
In a new book Eric Topol explores his belief that AI will go beyond enhancing diagnoses and treatments and “transform almost everything that doctors do.”…
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Four Physicians Describe the Synergy Between Technology and Bedside Medicine
Four physicians (Abraham Verghese, Eric Topol, Christopher Maiona and Caesar Djavaherian) are outlining similar solutions that leverage technology to nurture the doctor-patient relationship.
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Cultivating The “Golden Minute” at the Bedside
A Scientific American article authored by Claudia Wallis, explains how the adoption of technology in medicine has “reshaped the doctor-patient relationship.”…
