Latest Medicalhistory Podcast Episodes
74 - R2D2
Bedside Rounds - September 03, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsWhat does it mean when a computer can make better medical decisions than a human? The progress in large language models, and in particular the popularity of ChatGPT, has brought these questions to the forefront in 2023, but we’ve been discussing this for over 50 years. In this episode, Dr. Shani...
73 - Seadragon
Bedside Rounds - June 26, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsWhat happens when a patient far from surgical care – say, at the bottom of the Pacific ocean on a submarine, or at a research base in Antarctica in the middle of the winter – develops a surgical abdomen? This dilemma was the impetus to build the first truly effective clinical decision support sy...
72 - Problems
Bedside Rounds - March 20, 2023 03:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsAmerican doctors spend the majority of their time during the day on the computer, either writing or reading notes about their patients; only a small fraction is spent with the human beings in their care. Technology itself – especially the electronic medical record – has often been blamed for thi...
71 - A Doctor's Work, part 2
Bedside Rounds - January 16, 2023 01:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsIn the past episode, cultural and medical historians Lakshmi Krishnan and Mike Neuss discussed the history of the actual work of the doctor – Holmesian detective, data entry clerk, or something else altogether. In this episode, we conclude our discussion by talking about what type of metaphors a...
70 - A Doctor's Work
Bedside Rounds - December 19, 2022 01:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsWhat do doctors actually do? Are they Sherlockian detectives, hunting down obscure clues to solve intractable cases? Are they virtuosic experts, training for half a lifetime to bring the latest science to bear to cure disease? Or are they clerks, whose main job is to collect and enter data into ...
69 - The Database
Bedside Rounds - October 31, 2022 00:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsHow do doctors actually think? And if we can answer that, can we train a computer to do a better job? In the post-WW2 period, a group of iconoclastic physicians set about to redefine the nature and structure of clinical reasoning and tried to build a diagnostic machine. Though they would ultimat...
68 - The History
Bedside Rounds - July 25, 2022 00:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsInternal medicine physicians like to pride ourselves on our clinical reasoning – the ability to talk to any patient, pluck out seemingly random bits of information, and make a mystery diagnosis. But how does this actually work? In this episode, called The History, I’ll be joined by Gurpreet Dhal...
The Facemaker with Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris (#histmedconsultservice)
Bedside Rounds - June 07, 2022 00:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsModern plastic surgery was born out of the horrors of trench warfare in World War I. In this episode, Adam interviews historian Lindsey Fitzharris about her new book The Facemaker, about the life of surgeon Harold Gillies and his quest to rebuild his patients' faces.
67 - Fever on the Frontier
Bedside Rounds - March 21, 2022 00:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsIn the early 19th century, a strange new illness, seemingly unknown to medicine, ravaged settler communities in the American Middle West. As fierce debates about this new disease, now called milk sickness, raged – was it from toxic swamp gasses? arsenic in the soil? infectious microorganisms? fr...
66 - Burnout
Bedside Rounds - January 08, 2022 01:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsBurnout seems to stalk healthcare workers; between a third and a half of doctors and nurses had symptoms of burnout BEFORE the COVID-19 pandemic. Major medical associations have recognized burnout as a serious problem and the condition is being added to ICD-11 as an “occupational phenomenon.” Ho...
65 - The Last Breath
Bedside Rounds - November 05, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsHow can we medically tell whether or not someone is alive or dead? The answer is much more complicated than you'd think. In this episode, which is a live podcast I gave with Tony Breu at the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Physicians annual meeting on October 16, 2021, we track ...
64 - A Vicious Circle
Bedside Rounds - October 04, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsDuring World War II, the US Army launched a seemingly routine experiment to find the ideal way to screen soldiers for tuberculosis. Jacob Yerushalmy, the statistician in charge of this project, would succeed at this task -- and end up fundamentally changing our conception of medical diagnosis in...
63 - Signals
Bedside Rounds - August 23, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsWhat does it mean when different physicians disagree about a diagnosis? I am joined by Dr. Shani Herzig as we explore this issue in the second part of my series on the development of diagnosis. We’re going to discuss the advent of signal detection theory in the middle of the 20th century as new ...
62 - The Sisters Blackwell
Bedside Rounds - May 10, 2021 00:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsElizabeth Blackwell -- the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States -- and her sister Emily Blackwell are some of the most important physicians of the 19th century, firmly establishing the role of women as physicians, starting an infirmary and hospital for poor women and childre...
Fathers, Sons, and Covid 19
Medumanity - April 22, 2021 01:18 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIt has been a long year for us all. Taking a break from the normal content, we remember how Covid 19 first arrived in New York City from my perspective working in an Emergency Department, and from the perspective of my 6th grade son. We go over how we felt, how we dealt, and where we are now. We...
61 - Etymologies
Bedside Rounds - March 29, 2021 00:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsWords matter. At its best, etymology gives us insight not only into the origins of words, but why they remain so important today, especially in medicine, where we’ve been accruing jargon for millennia. In this episode, we’re delving into four specific words -- doctor, cerebrovascular accident, r...
60 - Santa's Salmonella
Bedside Rounds - December 24, 2020 01:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsFor a special holiday treat, we’re going to explore two tales of salmonella disease detectives -- the first about Mary Mallon (“Typhoid Mary”) and the birth of the genre; and the second about a mysterious salmonella outbreak at Massachusetts General Hospital solved with the assistance of a very ...
59 - Cry of the Suffering Organs
Bedside Rounds - November 30, 2020 01:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsDiagnosis is arguably the most important job of a physician. But what does it actually mean to make a diagnosis? In this episode, we’ll explore this question by tracking the development of the “classical” model of diagnosis and pathological anatomy and discussing three cases over three hundred y...
The House of Pod: How medical podcasting made me a better doctor and educator … and how it might change the future of medical education for everyone
Bedside Rounds - November 23, 2020 16:49 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsIn this episode, I talk about my podcasting journey -- how I started Bedside Rounds for inspiration during a low period in residency, how it changed me as a physician, and how it has changed my views about digital education and the future of medical education in general. This is a live recording...
Psychological Breakdown of Dr. Harold Shipman
STAT! - November 18, 2020 19:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsAs the title says, Karen and special guest Heather Wright breakdown Dr. Harold Shipman psychopathy. Harold Shipman murdered at least 250 of his patients. Heather has a BSCN in Criminal Justice and the Study of the Criminal Mind and a Masters in Behavioural Psychology. Heather's Podcasts NVN: http...
Covid Update -The Long Haulers
STAT! - November 08, 2020 18:35 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsIn this episode Karen reads a written account from a woman who is suffering from a multitude of devastating long term effects of Covid-19. 7.5 months after her initial infection. Karen also, details the long term effects on the brain, heart, lungs and mental health. https://www.patreon.com/STATp...
Halloween Special 2020
STAT! - October 31, 2020 00:16 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsHalloween Special 2020 In this episode, Karen tells a terrifying personal story that is sure to leave you chilled to the bone. Included in this episode, Karen recounts true hospital ghost stories. Attention: No Karens were harmed in the recording of this episode. https://www.patreon.com/STATpodca...
Kren and Erka Show
STAT! - October 27, 2020 15:17 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsKren and Erka Show Karen and Erica discuss conversion therapy and answer some listeners questions. But, I'm a Cheerleader https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179116/ Boy Erased https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7008872/ https://www.patreon.com/STATpodcast Facebook - STAT! Shocking Traumas and Treatments ht...
58 - The Original (Antigenic) Sin
Bedside Rounds - October 26, 2020 00:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 413 ratingsThe COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the racial health disparities in the United States, with markedly increased mortality especially among Blacks and Native Americans. In this episode, Tony Breu and I discuss the conception of race, racism, and the social determinants of health through three histori...
Medical Heroes
STAT! - October 13, 2020 17:06 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsMedical Heroes Mary Eliza Mahoney In 1879, Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first African American Nurse. Dr. Audrey Evans Groundbreaking paediatric oncologist who also co-founded Ronald McDonald House. Dr. Audrey Evans Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hstjG19OjkA https://www.patreon.com/...
Canadian Thanksgiving Special
STAT! - October 12, 2020 16:09 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsThe listeners were asked if they had any questions about Canada that they were curious about. The response was so good that Karen decided to do a stand alone episode. Hopefully you learn that there is more to us than maple syrup and hockey. Song Canadian Girl - Stompin' Tom Connors https://www.p...
Rebirthing Therapy - The Tragic Death of Candace Newmaker
STAT! - September 29, 2020 17:40 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsCandace Newmaker was a 10 y/o girl who suffocated during a controversial, dangerous and abusive Attachment Therapy Rebirthing treatment. References: https://rockymountainnews.com/ Attachment Therapy on Trial: The Torture and Death of Candace Newmaker By Jean Mercer, Larry Sarner & Linda Rosa http...
Inhumanity , Hysterectomies and HDQ
STAT! - September 20, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsIn this episode Karen discusses the horrific conditions, medical malpractice and hysterectomies performed on women without consent. As well as the spraying of HDQ that is poisoning the children, women and men at the ICE detention centres. Facebook - STAT! Shocking Traumas and Treatments https:/...
The Kren and Erka Show
STAT! - September 18, 2020 21:53 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsIn today's episode Kren and Erka discuss the history of sex toys, taking the taboo out of sex and mannequins. Promo Dark Veil https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dark-veil-with-john-and-tori/id1513203595 (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dark-veil-with-john-and-tori/id1513203595) Face...
Psychological Breakdown of Dr. Kermit Gosnell
STAT! - September 16, 2020 20:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 331 ratings*Trigger WarningThis episode contains graphic depiction of murder and sensitive subject matter. Listener discretion is advised. As the title says, Karen and special guest Heather Wright breakdown Dr. Kermit Gosnells psycopathy. Heather has a BSCN in Criminal Justice and the Study of the Crimina...