Lee A. Resnick, MD, FAAFP This month’s issue of JUCM heralds an important addition to the journal. “Bouncebacks” will be a new regularly occurring contribution from Dr. Michael Weinstock and Dr. Ryan Longstreth. This department will take a unique approach that combines the formats of a morbidity & mortality conference, risk management lecture, and clinical review article. The result is a one-of-a-kind look at relevant clinical cases seen in the urgent care or emergency department …
Read MoreFilling Your Emotional Tank
Lee A. Resnick, MD, FAAFP Nothing like a frigid winter day to inspire a discussion on emotional well-being; the final reserves of endorphins and serotonin that I stored away for the winter are almost depleted, flu season is upon us, wait-times are long, and everyone is cranky. Times like these remind me of the importance of refueling the emotional tank. This is not just a matter of feeling good, though that’s important, too. But physical …
Read MoreWhy I Practice Urgent Care Medicine
Lee A. Resnick, MD, FAAFP Nothing represents the breadth and scope of medicine quite like urgent care. The variety of complaints is daunting and requires a lifelong commitment to learning. Specialist back-up is scarce and diagnostics limited. Ultimately, the best care stems from a passion for examining the layers of each story, watching, listening, and compiling. Cultural, gender, and age biases can serve to guide our investigations or derail them: Where is this patient coming …
Read MoreKeeping the Joy of Practice
Many physicians in urgent care face burnout. While the numbers are probably far less than our emergency medicine colleagues, the burdens of productivity, quality, patient satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and risk management can weigh heavily on urgent care physicians, and with time, take the joy out of practicing. This is the first in a series of editorials providing practical tips for reducing “urgent care fatigue syndrome.” Let’s start with an approach to managing patients who are …
Read MoreThe Power of Research
Medical progress is driven by research. Opinions must be continuously challenged in order to assure the greatest likelihood of efficacy, quality, and safety. Over the last century, research has focused on examining the innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to disease and prevention that form the backbone of clinical medicine as we know it today. While science continues to make expansive strides along multiple clinical fronts, a new area of research interest evolves: Let’s call it …
Read MoreThe Power of Research
Lee A. Resnick, MD, FAAFP Medical progress is driven by research. Opinions must be continuously challenged in order to assure the greatest likelihood of efficacy, quality, and safety. Over the last century, research has focused on examining the innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to disease and prevention that form the backbone of clinical medicine as we know it today.
Read MoreThe Evolution of a Specialty
Evolution, by definition, is a process in which something passes by degrees to a more advanced stage. This inaugural issue of The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine (JUCM) represents an important milestone in the evolution of urgent care medicine as a discipline. Our intent, and one of my key objectives as Editor-in-Chief, is to make JUCM a forum for the sharing of ideas, trends, clinical content, original research, and industry news unique to the practice …
Read MoreThe Evolution of a Specialty
Lee A. Resnick, MD, FAAFP Evolution, by definition, is a process in which something passes by degrees to a more advanced stage. This inaugural issue of The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine (JUCM) represents an important milestone in the evolution of urgent care medicine as a discipline.
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