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Building Trust and Empathy in Diagnostic Medical Sonography

MedQuest College

Building trust and empathy in diagnostic medical sonography is vital for delivering exceptional patient care. As a diagnostic medical sonographer, you play a crucial role in the healthcare journey by providing accurate imaging that aids in diagnosis and treatment. However, the technical aspects of the job are only part of the equation.

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Why Attribution Bias Might be the Costliest Bias

Sensible Medicine

I am also obsessed with our diagnostic reasoning biases. In this article, Dr. Adam Cifu To paraphrase Shaw and Hawking, “The greatest threat to diagnostic excellence is not lack of a diagnosis but rather the illusion of a diagnosis.” ” Bias distorts our perception and leads to errors in diagnostic reasoning.

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The AI Doctor Will Message You Now

Sensible Medicine

I’ve been following the general conversations and have been particularly interested in AI’s potential to improve diagnostic performance. Whatever great advances are ahead, I cannot foresee a time that people will be comfortable receiving counseling from a computer or receiving recommendations about diagnostics or treatments.

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Friday Reflection 28: Four of the Things Patients Have Taught Me

Sensible Medicine

We read about diseases and their associated diagnostic tests and treatments. Clinical findings and blood tests hint at the diagnosis, but the only truly confirmatory test is a biopsy of the temporal artery – a small procedure but a procedure all the same. Diagnostic reasoning is supposed to my specialty.

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Friday Reflection 35: Four Who Fired Me

Sensible Medicine

” He left without making a follow up appointment and I never saw him again. This doesn’t mean snake oil and unnecessary tests and referrals. There was usually an ache or a pain that she was worried about; a medication side effect she thought she was having; interest in a new diagnostic test or advertised supplement.

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7 Fast Growing Entry Level Healthcare Jobs for 2025

ACI Medical & Dental School

Medical Assistants perform both administrative tasks like scheduling appointments and clinical duties such as taking patient vital signs, assisting with examinations, and preparing treatment rooms. EKG Technicians work in hospitals, cardiology clinics, and diagnostic centers. Where Do They Work? Where Do They Work? Where Do They Work?

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Friday Reflection #40: Power

Sensible Medicine

The medical team admits him and performs a diagnostic thoracentesis, the results of which reveal a complicated parapneumonic effusion (pH = 7.11). Carotid dopplers are often done even though the test is definitively unnecessary in almost all cases. A thoracic surgery consultation is called for a chest tube to be placed.