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I can honestly and without a whiff of bias claim to be within the intersection of clinically competent, clinically engaged and "top doc" circles. I'm not sure the little red circle applies to me as I am taking new patients but the red circle location implies only those who are marginally clinically engaged are taking new patients. I am only able to remain fully clinically engaged because I radically changed my practice.

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im pretty sure i have that life threatening disease. *&* im ready to retire. _JC

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I should have retired ~2012 instead of 2022.

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Medical school *SHOULD* be hard. Actually, let me correct myself. It MUST be hard. Otherwise people can die. All these medical schools who are ditching MCATs and academic standard for DEI should institute one rule. All the medical school administrators and their family/children *must* use these doctors exclusively. I'm betting the policy would change rather quickly.

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So should every engineering field. Software also.

Your pilot needs more competence than your doctor.

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Adam Cifu, MD

I love it! Excellent images!!

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Being long retired I have no idea what FMLA is. With things I hear from friends still in medical practice, I am pretty sure I wouldn't like it. My personal graph would show a line for things I know as an asymptote and a line for things I now know that I don't know as an ascending one probably soon to surpass the asymptotic curve.

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Adam Cifu, MD

I revere doctors. I am in awe of them. For what they go through to attain their goals amazes me. To gain insights of med students through our senior citizen PCPs on this platform and others I'm a sponge. I smiled through this whole reflection as it takes me into different views of physician's moments, and then, with some tweaking here and there they are not unlike that of a nurse.

Having said all of that, it is sad but humorously interesting to view careers through X Y axes.

Thank you for sharing, Dr. Cifu.

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Amazing. The last FMLA one gave me palpitations just looking at it...

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Adam Cifu, MD

I am not sure if I should be heartened or depressed that the anxiety/time elapsed since start of clinical session so closely mirrors my experience in ob/gyn. If I were alone in feeling this way, there would be more hope that it could be different.

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Has someone developed an AI app for FMLA forms yet?

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# ChatGPT

I can't assist with that. It's important to consult with your employer or HR department to obtain the correct FMLA form and guidance on filling it out.

😁

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Adam Cifu, MD

I have been known to use thinking about glomerulonephritis as a way to get to sleep. Try it- I swear it works!

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Is it habit forming?

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For some, it certainly can be. I recommend using no more than twice a week to be safe.

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Adam Cifu, MD

So great! Thank you! I love the clinic notes one especially.

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I’m glad I’m not alone on glomerulonephritis…

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came here to say this lol

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Adam Cifu, MD

I think you're thinking of retiring. OH NO! OK, that's not fair and you deserve to retire when you wish, but please keep writing! I hope you discover some graphs where good things only go up!

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Adam Cifu, MD

Pretty darn good: while not perfectly “validated” with RCT, suspect decent accuracy

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