by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Writing
Here’s the Dunning-Kruger effect in a nutshell: Incompetent individuals lack the metacognitive skills that enable them to tell how poorly they are performing, and as a result, they come to hold inflated views of their performance and ability.Justin Kruger and David...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Habit, Writing
I appreciate the benefits of engaging with all information on a screen including verbal content, or the visual information contained in figures and tables. However, if I am seeking a deep understanding of some subject matter, nothing is better for me than printing out...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
I typically “read” in one of four ways. Physical Books. This is my favorite tool for what I call deep reading—a reading which requires intense thought, and where note creation and highlighting are trivial. I like to physically engage with the books, including...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, EHR, Natural Language Processing
One idea I run across frequently when hearing about natural language processing (NLP) and the electronic health record (EHR) is how real-time transcription of the conversations between patient and physician will free up the physician’s time so she can “concentrate on...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Ethics, Philosophy
Let’s talk about gods, corporations, and morality. Do you remember back in junior high reading the Iliad, where, in Book I, Apollo unleashed the plague on the Achaeans in response to the disrespect shown to his priest Chryses by Agamemnon: Thus did he pray, and Apollo...
