Happy Earth Day Friends! On a beautiful spring day, it is easy to take a step back and appreciate our lovely planet and start to consider what perils our species has put it through over the years. So I went and took a ecological foot print quiz: YEIPS, those are some big shoes I’ve been … Continue reading
I can’t think of a better way to end my reflection of this amazing week than at the beginning. TED MED started with a song by amazing musician Kishi Bashi: 151a refers to the Japanese term: 一期一会 which means “once in a lifetime” … truly, it was.
Friday – The Great Challenges Through out the week, I had the utmost pleasure and privilege to be working The Great Challenges team. Now, if you follow me on Twitter (@a_cup_a_day) you’ve seen my feed explode over the past months on Great Challenge Days. The 20 Great Challenges are the issues that the delegates from TED MED … Continue reading
Thursday – Expansion & Exploration “It belies the human mind to say we can only do one thing” Elazer Edelman Professor Edelman’s talk really resonated with me. He has used his multidisciplinary background as a scientist & engineer to examine the mechanism of tissue repair. While his research is sensational, his message of thinking outside … Continue reading
Wednesday – BIG data, small data, sharing data When you look at a “patient” (person) what do you see? Perhaps, as clinicians we start looking at patients as a collection of data: numbers, tests, exams that explain who a patient is or what is going on. It is helpful, we need this data to make … Continue reading
My week through the looking glass at the 2013 TED MED conference was incredible. As I reflect back on my week, it seems impossible to relay all that I learned, experienced, and discovered. There isn’t a word, or a picture, or a song I could sing that captures it all. Interestingly, TED was full of … Continue reading
…is that I’m going to be smiling all day. (oh, yeah …and death and taxes) Seriously people: it is Tax day (womp womp) AND the DPTs of 2014 have their huge semesterly practical exam (the afeard SPI of lore where we have actors as fake patients in a room where we are filmed and watched … Continue reading
Hi Friends, local in DC? Well, come get your learning AND art on at Himmelfarb Library’s Art Show! Look what I snapped there this evening after several productive hours studying with my classmates: Hmmm, custom QR codes…where could they lead? Well, here of course ! Follow the digital footprint and hopefully our medical school friends … Continue reading
If you’re like me…you wonder about a lot of random stuff. For instance, whats that “raindrop” called above your lip. Philtrum ! What a fun word (From Greek philtron (φιλτρον), from philein (φιλειν), “to love; to kiss”) The philtrum is also referred to as the infranasal depression. This portion of the human face is formed during embryonic … Continue reading
I have been a bit paralyzed the last few days, creatively that is. People may not intuitively think that as a profession physical therapists have to deal with death. However, PT can play a very important role at the end of life and in hospice care. While eager (as always) to share all that I have been … Continue reading
A Cup A Day 