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Brief News Item
I received exciting news from Dr. Kolin Good, M.D., a colleague in Reading, Pennsylvania. There is a thriving Medical-Psychiatry Unit (MPU) at Reading Hospital. Dr. Good consulted with The University of Iowa several years ago on how to get it started, since we have a 15 bed MPU. They call it the Medical Complexity Unit…
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Organ Transplant Overview
Occasionally, despite my being in phased retirement, I get a reminder that my colleagues may need some advice about an issue for which I might be a useful source of institutional memory. One of them is the psychiatric consultation for assessment of candidates for organ transplant. I have a slide set and a YouTube video…
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Opinions on Cannabis for Neuropathic Pain
I just saw the Clinical Psychiatry News article “Evidence poor on medical marijuana for neuropathic pain,” by Andrew D. Bowen. It was published May 2019, Vol. 47, No. 5 and I couldn’t find it on line yet. I should also hasten to add that there are a couple of other important articles on management of…
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My Perspective on FOMO
I just saw a great post on Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) on Bob Lowry’s blog, Satisfying Retirement. The link is on my home page and it’s a great read, along with many of his other posts. FOMO for me is different because I’m not actually retired yet. Bob has been retired for a long…
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Excellence in Clinical Coaching Award: Humble Thanks
Today I want to thank everyone in my department for nominating me for the Excellence in Clinical Coaching Award . I accepted it during the Graduate Medical Education Leadership Symposium this afternoon. For some reason, I almost wrote “Excellence in Clinical Clowning Award ” above. I guess maybe one of the reasons is that I…
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Let’s Promote Living Well to 100
I get a big kick of this video every time I see it. It’s a YouTube about people who are 100 years old who are funny, wise, and talented. It’s included on the SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital YouTube channel. St. Mary’s Hospital is in Madison, Wisconsin. I worked as a psychiatrist there very briefly…
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Cardinal Hatchlings So Soon?
Big day on the psychiatry consult service. So, this is a short post today because I’m pooped. I logged 2.8 miles and 35 floors on the step counter and here’s a picture to prove it. The other bit of news is that the cardinal hatchlings are here—at least two of them anyway. One egg is…
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Dirty Dozen on C-L Psychiatry
I’m back in the saddle again after a brief hiatus according to the terms of my phased retirement contract. During my time away, I thought about what a short introduction to Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry might include to give medical students and other trainees a snapshot look at what CL psychiatrists encounter in their work in…
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Back on My Soap Box about MOC
I’m back on my soap box about Maintenance of Certification (MOC) again. Sidney Weissman, M.D. remarked in a letter to the editor of Psychiatric News (April 19, 2019 issue, Vol. 54, No. 8) on the rising numbers of graduating medical students who match in psychiatry residency slots. Many will graduate from these programs into private…
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Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry
Long day on the C-L Psychiatry service. I logged 2.8 miles and 33 floors on my step counter. I barely had time to eat lunch. This post is going to be short. We were treated to outstanding presentations on fascinating topics over the last couple of days and they were given by top-notch medical students.…
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