by Allison Bauer | Feb 26, 2016 | Featured, The Evolution
In the summer of 2013 I was sitting in a small humid room in a coastal agricultural town in Ecuador, a young community health Peace Corps volunteer working on his personal statement to get into medical school. A few months later I received good news, acceptance to UC...
by Allison Bauer | Jan 20, 2016 | Featured, The Evolution
Many years ago, I brought my new stethoscope up to Community Hospital and the Family Practice Center across the street on Chanate, and spent three wonderful, intense years starting to learn to be a family doctor. And began building relationships with people who came...
by Allison Bauer | Nov 24, 2015 | The Evolution
When I was a medical student, I was uncertain how to become a leader. What I was certain of, however, was my love of free pizza. So there I was, a first-year medical student chewing on a lot of free pizza to hear what this club or that club might offer me in terms of...
by Allison Bauer | Oct 28, 2015 | Featured, The Evolution
An ancient Chinese philosopher said ‘journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’. But what Lao-Tze failed to mention was that the traveler is often nudged into taking that first step. In my case, it was a fellow resident more than 18 years ago...
by Allison Bauer | Sep 22, 2015 | Featured, The Evolution
I want to share a recent anecdote from my clinic which highlights how patient centered family medicine is cost effective and simply good care for patients. I saw Mr. F, a 75-year-old gentleman. Like many of my patients, he has a history of high blood pressure and...
by Allison Bauer | Aug 25, 2015 | Featured, The Evolution
During one of my breaks from medical school in Cuba, I rotated at a US hospital. I was rounding with a third year Family Medicine resident who had a patient with a pleural effusion that needed draining. The resident had not done a thoracentesis before and the...
