I use this meditation app called Waking Up by Sam Harris (we are in no way affiliated). Today someone asked me, what is the most important app on my phone (an existential question?). Waking Up might be it. There are lots of other good meditation apps. Waking Up is decidedly untied to any religious tradition. […]
A few weeks ago I woke up with that strange feeling of health and energy that comes from the absence of discomfort. After an epic 10 day trip to Indonesia focused on surfing in an environment at times paradise-like and at times very polluted, I got slapped down for a week or so by a […]
(If you happened upon this post without reading Part 1, do that first.) In my last post I nearly fell off my chair, barely avoiding typing in all caps. Let’s do some more of that. What is good medical education? Good medical education is respectful of the clinician in all ways. It is respectful of […]
Staying educated is different before and after training My specialty is Emergency Medicine but I think the following sentiment applies to all clinicians: doctors, PAs, NPs, nurses, techs… the whole team. Do you remember, in school or in residency, when you made a great diagnosis, did some cool procedure, or saved the day in some […]
I am Aaron Bright and I am an emergency physician and the CEO and founder of Hippo Education. You can find out a little more about me here. This website and blog is an experiment that I’m hesitatingly putting out there publicly. It starts here as a work in progress. I am not particularly confident […]
Waking Up
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Aaron BrightI use this meditation app called Waking Up by Sam Harris (we are in no way affiliated). Today someone asked me, what is the most important app on my phone (an existential question?). Waking Up might be it. There are lots of other good meditation apps. Waking Up is decidedly untied to any religious tradition. […]
Grateful
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Aaron BrightA few weeks ago I woke up with that strange feeling of health and energy that comes from the absence of discomfort. After an epic 10 day trip to Indonesia focused on surfing in an environment at times paradise-like and at times very polluted, I got slapped down for a week or so by a […]
Good Medical Education: Part 2
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Aaron Bright(If you happened upon this post without reading Part 1, do that first.) In my last post I nearly fell off my chair, barely avoiding typing in all caps. Let’s do some more of that. What is good medical education? Good medical education is respectful of the clinician in all ways. It is respectful of […]
Good Medical Education: Part 1
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Aaron BrightStaying educated is different before and after training My specialty is Emergency Medicine but I think the following sentiment applies to all clinicians: doctors, PAs, NPs, nurses, techs… the whole team. Do you remember, in school or in residency, when you made a great diagnosis, did some cool procedure, or saved the day in some […]
The Beginning
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Aaron BrightI am Aaron Bright and I am an emergency physician and the CEO and founder of Hippo Education. You can find out a little more about me here. This website and blog is an experiment that I’m hesitatingly putting out there publicly. It starts here as a work in progress. I am not particularly confident […]