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Are We Training New Healthcare Providers for Emergencies Wrong?

Few scenarios are more frightening for a patient or family member than a medical emergency. In those moments of crisis, we place our complete trust in the medical team, assuming every responder is flawlessly prepared to perform life-saving procedures. We expect perfection because the stakes are unimaginably high. But how do new staff get the training they need to achieve that level of skill, especially for events that are, thankfully, rare?

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Patient Education Miscommunications: Part 1

You walk out of the doctor's office, a handful of pamphlets and a new prescription in your bag. Your head is swimming with information about test results, lifestyle changes, and medication side effects. By the time you get home, you realize you can only recall a fraction of what the doctor said. Was it one pill a day, or two? Should you avoid salt, or was it sugar? If this experience sounds familiar, you are not alone.

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