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The Podcast by KevinMD Home Episodes Videos About Reviews All Reviews Rate on Apple Podcasts Rate on Spotify CME Contact Follow Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Castro PocketCasts Overcast RSS Feed Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Search Follow Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Castro PocketCasts Overcast RSS Feed The Podcast by KevinMD Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. Welcome to The Podcast by KevinMD. Latest Episode Recent Episodes View all July 6, 2022 Be skeptical of certificate of need laws "Certificate of need (CON) laws purport to lower health care costs, increase patient access and ensure quality by managing the distribution of private resources, but none of these gains has materialized. A joint report from two federal agencies—the... View more July 5, 2022 Open-angle glaucoma: To screen or not to screen? "My take on the Task Force statement is that clinical judgment should rule as to whether or not screening is indicated for glaucoma. Family history, race, diabetes, and other risk factors should be considered for such screening, especially in the face... View more July 3, 2022 Treating pain without medication “In my medical training, we were taught five ways to treat pain: lifestyle modifications, physical therapy, medications, injections, and surgery. Lifestyle modifications are positive changes in diet, exercise, sleep, and stress levels. This is the... View more July 2, 2022 Let’s talk about bullying in medicine “Very few are talking about workplace bullying, yet many are benefitting from it. It acts contrary to the principles of care at the heart of medicine — and we need to do something about it. How many physicians have wanted to leave medicine because... View more July 1, 2022 What doctors need to know about physician health programs “Change is overdue. Physicians who need help for mental health issues or substance use disorders need to get it in a manner that is free of financial and other conflicts of interest. They need to be able to go to academic centers and/or the best... View more June 30, 2022 A call to stop overworking “We are in an epidemic of gaslighting in medicine. The best definition I heard of gaslighting is transferring your authority on yourself from you to someone else. We give up our authority on ourselves to everyone else but ourselves. We leave our... View more June 29, 2022 What I learned after being hacked on social media “I never thought social media hacking would offer such important reminders and lessons, but here we are. By the way, I am the first to admit that it’s easy to gloss over phrases and lessons because you’ve heard them a million times before, and... View more June 28, 2022 Medical school loan repayment tips “My wife is a urogynecologist lucky enough to get through her seven years of residency plus fellowship with “only” $124,000 of student debt. When we discussed how we were going to get rid of this debt, she had always assumed that it was going to... View more June 27, 2022 New legislation addresses health care professionals' mental health needs “For many health care professionals, the stresses of their roles routinely take a heavy toll on their mental and physical well-being. It did for me. The pandemic and the unprecedented loss of life were more overwhelming than any of us could have... View more June 26, 2022 Physicians need to be trained as entrepreneurs and encouraged to innovate “Teaching medical students entrepreneurial and business skills is invaluable as the need for leadership in medicine grows in every single sector. Many physicians already engage in managerial and entrepreneurial-like practices without labeling these... View more June 25, 2022 Want your skin to look better? Then consider your mental health. "Stigma surrounding mental illness often prevents patients from seeking the mental health care they need, delaying care and prolonging suffering. Fear, embarrassment, and impaired quality of life are a reality for many patients suffering from skin... View more June 24, 2022 My experience as a teenage health care worker during the COVID-19 pandemic "We owe it to our patients to do better. Every time I picture the couple leaving the pharmacy unvaccinated, I am reminded that true health care requires accountability and a willingness to challenge the status quo. That means challenging a 'no' or... View more June 23, 2022 Combining personalized education and digital technology to improve glucose monitors “Diabetes uniquely requires patients be experts in their own care and demands 24/7/365 vigilance. Close communication with a health care team eases the burden and improves outcomes. Glucose management revolves around numbers. Unfortunately, numbers... View more June 22, 2022 Healthy patients and healthy physicians: Is it possible? “Lifestyle medicine is part of regular medicine but stands apart in that it is health care that directly benefits patients through the restoration of vitality and health, primarily by lifestyle interventions. And its healing capacity does not stop... View more June 21, 2022 Strategies to help you prepare for multiple mini interviews (MMIs) “The bottom line is that while you can’t predict exactly which MMI prompt you’ll be given, you can absolutely start preparing for the MMI. Become familiar with the format, practice your delivery, start reading about issues in health care, and... View more June 20, 2022 Primary care's inevitable reboot "The tech giants of Silicon Valley – love them or hate them – have put incredible personal technology tools into homes and pockets of our patients and their caregivers. Now, we must activate those instruments for our own sustainability, and for... View more June 19, 2022 Art as a tool to manage pain "I had also used arts and crafts previously in my own experience to help with healing. Including the previous year when I had a breast cancer recurrence did many crochet projects and took classes in mosaics making as I navigated from victim to... View more June 18, 2022 A bad death: the importance of truth-telling at end-of-life "In their hearts, her daughters just wanted their mother to make the most of the time she had left. She never made it to the beach or hugged her grandchildren. From diagnosis to death, it was two short months. During those weeks, she waited for test... View more June 17, 2022 It’s time to flip the script on peer evaluations "It’s time to flip the script on evaluations. How can we shine a light upon the strengths of the wonderful peers we are blessed to work with? How can we amplify their greatness, help them work in their own zone of genius? How can we recognize that... View more June 16, 2022 Burnout is a spiritual crisis "It is a time to ponder on those essential questions: What is your purpose in life, and how can you follow it? What talents can you share with the world, and what are you grateful for? When we deviate from this true calling, when we deviate from love,... View more June 15, 2022 Virtual care is convenient, but is it better for everyone? "2022 is well underway, and we are still unclear about exactly where this virus is headed and what the lasting impact it will have had on all of us. We have self-driving cars, drones delivering food, and most of us spend our entire day on video calls,... View more June 14, 2022 How long will it take to address clinical inertia in T2DM? "It’s been over twenty years since clinical inertia was coined a term, and since that time, experts have debated on how to define it, and where and when it exists across the treatment paradigm. Every year, scores of information cross HCP’s desks... View more June 13, 2022 Eating disorder myths debunked "When people think of eating disorders, the image is often of an emaciated, white teenage girl in the hospital hooked up to feeding tubes. In fact, eating disorders are varied in how they present in a person, and they certainly do not 'look' a certain... View more June 12, 2022 Gender inequality is making burnout worse "If we want to alleviate the fatigue and frustration women physicians are experiencing, we can always start by solving two old problems: (1) All doctors need fewer bureaucratic tasks forced upon them, and (2) women physicians must be able to work in... View more June 11, 2022 Thoughts of a retired physician "COVID-19 melted down the world at a very inopportune time in history. Just as medicine was getting a handle on previously intractable conditions, from sophisticated diabetes management to less invasive surgical procedures, a new threat that... View more View all Episodes Join 150,000+ subscribers and get KevinMD's most popular stories. Email has been submitted. The Podcast by KevinMD Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. Welcome to The Podcast by KevinMD. 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