How to tackle medical misinformation:

• Teaching critical thinking skills earlier in life
• Pre-warning patients against misinformation
• Step back; encouraging genuine breaks from the noise
• Acknowledge scientific consensus

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After you can work as generalist, or go to residency; honestly I wouldn’t change anything, a very fulfilling career 😊

Our medical school (in Colombia) was 6 years plus one year internship, and clinical stages started on the second half of 3rd year; a lots of hands on, internship was interesting and busy, and afterwards a rural year to be able to get our license.

Very personal opinion as I started medical school at age 15 and turned 16 few months in, I was traumatized already by the nuns in high school; if anything, medical school (and living for first time out of my house) help me to mature and become a very compassionate human being

The table above summarize examples of how to replace jargon with simpler phrases that patients may understand better; simpler > better!

One of my favourite reads! Also read Pachinko and learned about early 20th century history of Korea and Japan #HistoricalFiction

Continuous communication between the surgical team and the anesthesiologist is fundamental together with good understanding of the different pain pathways involved in the cesarean section