Richard Colgan, MD

The good news is that once you are a licensed professional healer in service to mankind, you will likely live relatively comfortable lives.

<p>Chinese medicine can proudly point to the lives of the Three Divine Doctors of Jian An as being exemplary in showing care for others. From the perspective of Dr Marta Hanson, Professor of...

Even the best-seasoned clinicians start out young, green, naïve, and with little clinical experience.

We must look at many historical figures & in order to better understand what & it means to be a healer and how to best practice the art of caring. Sir William Osler recommended that we “must come to the...

The skill of presentation is fundamental to practicing medicine. It is important to convey the logic behind your actions, both in writing or oral presentation.

History shows that most of humankind has been cared for by ordinary, local clinicians who are not in the spotlight.

Hippocrates’ teachings have withstood centuries of scrutiny and are perhaps as relevant today as they were back then.

While not defining the virtuous physician in specific detail, Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD gives us some hints as to how he or she may be recognized.

Counseling using therapeutic techniques is an essential part of being a good clinician.