Dr. Bharat Kumar reflects on professional identity formation, self-concept, key psychological theories and maintaining a growth mindset throughout one’s career.
The Secret Lives of the Rheumatologist
Clark Kent, Hannah Montana, Dexter Morgan, David Bowie and your friendly neighborhood rheumatologist: What do all of these people have in common? Chances are, they live secret lives we rarely get to peer into. Unlike Superman, Miley Stewart, Dexter Morgan and Ziggy Stardust, rheumatologists are very much real, flesh-and-blood characters. Rheumatologists also have secret lives…
Rheum with a View: Perspectives on Selections from the Literature
Perspectives on selections from the literature
Can You Mentor By Committee?
Committees lack the one-on-one relationship that is the backbone of early career training
Systematically Improve Practice Operations Performance
Imagine coming into your practice one morning to discover that your entire staff has quit. There are no two-week notices, no leaves of absence, and no one has stuck around to answer your questions—they all just walk out the door.
Lessons from a Different Bench
What can college athletics show us about teaching medicine?
Rheum and Race: Where Are We?
It is time to examine the role of race in the care we provide
My Michael Moore Moment
In which an angry letter finds its mark, to no avail
Fraud and Abuse: What’s the Difference?
Each year, fraud and abuse cost the Medicare and Medicaid programs billions of dollars. What is the difference between fraud and abuse? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services define fraud and abuse as two different offenses…
What Gets a Good Rheumatologist Sued?
Pitfalls to avoid and habits that protect you from malpractice suits