by David Hilden, MD MPH | Feb 10, 2022 | Medical Education
Have you ever wondered what happens inside the doors of Minnesota’s first Level I Trauma Center and premier teaching hospital? My friend and colleague from the hinterlands of Wisconsin, Dr. Meghan Walsh joins me to talk about medical training, “living” at the...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jul 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Diary from a pandemic, Medical Education
My own med school graduation, 20 years ago. Gotta love those glasses. With my family: Julie, Alex, and Abby Somewhere near the top of my “favorite things about my job” is working alongside medical students. It’s a privilege to get to teach –...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Apr 27, 2018 | Cardiology, Dermatology, Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Getting medical information, Joint and Muscle issues, Medical Education, Physical Therapy, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Hi, friends! See that sign in the picture? Those signs are all over the campus at Hennepin Healthcare. Let’s just say my co-workers have shown no mercy in teasing me about them. But hey – we have something to celebrate! I’m super pumped to be...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Nov 5, 2016 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Health in the News, Medical Education
I was reading the paper this morning over my tea and crumpets when this headline caught my attention: “First-year doctors would be allowed to work 24-hour shifts under new rules” Now there’s a topic near to my heart, so I decided without much...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jul 7, 2016 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Healthy Matters Book Club, Humanities and Medicine, Medical Education
Hi, everybody! For about 2 months I’ve been yammering both in this blog and on the radio broadcast about the current Healthy Matters online book club selection, and it’s time to get to it! As they say in billiards .. “Quit talking and start...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 16, 2016 | Cardiology, HCMC, Humanities and Medicine, Medical Education
“That it will ever come into general use, notwithstanding its value, is extremely doubtful; because its beneficial application requires much time and gives a good bit of trouble both to the patient and the practitioner; because its hue and character are foreign...