Information Overload

by | Apr 5, 2006 | Competence, Lessons Learned

"That is certainly Google's goal – to make easily available all the world's knowledge in every language." The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman Obtaining needed scientific medical information in years past required much time in the library...

Growing Up is Hard to Do

by | Mar 1, 2006 | Competence, Lessons Learned

Six inches shorter than my twin sister! As typical boy-girl development would have it, my twin sister grew taller first. I was terribly embarrassed. She was developing into a young woman and I was still a boy. Maturation – whether physical, emotional or social...

Trained to hear

by | Feb 8, 2006 | Competence, Lessons Learned

Do you remember the story of the Cherokee Indian walking down 5th Avenue in Manhattan with a New York businessman? Suddenly the Indian stopped and said, "Did you hear that?" The business man asked, "Hear what?" "That cricket" replied the...

Is restraint a good thing?

by | Oct 19, 2005 | Competence, Lessons Learned, Purity

Overeating. I know the "I wish I hadn't done that" feeling that accompanies the too-full sensation after a buffet dinner. Where did my resolve go? Restraint and self-control: we rarely hear these words today. Could it be because living out these words...

Transformation Not Information

by | Sep 28, 2005 | Competence, Lessons Learned, Truth

The volume of information about the human body overwhelmed me during my medical school days. I was eager to conquer that medical information in order to begin diagnosing and treating diseases. However, a course called "Putting the Ill at Ease" changed my...