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February 2017

February 19, 2017

Professional Integrity in Uncertain Times, Part II

It will not do to remove an incompetent or dangerous political figure by slapping a...

February 03, 2017

Professional Integrity in Uncertain Times

Adler's statement is conservative in the best sense: that which is genuinely good is worth...

February 01, 2017

Conscientiousness Matters: He Who is Faithful in a Very Little Thing

It's easy to develop habits of inattention, of laxity, of apathy, that snowball into outright...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

Game-Changing Openers: “You deserve to have your name pronounced correctly.”

HR folks, section leaders, orientation directors, managers, bosses, employers of all sorts can communicate expectations,...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

Quadrennial Professionalism Reminder

I wrote this on my family blog way back when there were still young people...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

Due Diligence

This is an article written by someone who loves his work. Seriously. Academic Urban Legends...

January 18, 2016

Cell Phone Etiquette Is Actually a Thing

Go forth and practice courtesy one to another. Please.

December 2015

December 29, 2015

How Introverts Work: Quietly, Even in Large Groups

Looking at people's name tags is not self-evident proof of status consciousness. It may just...

December 02, 2015

Teaching that Makes a Difference

Taylor Mali's now-famous slam poetry homage to teaching is a delight. It's a delight because...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

This is “It All Falling Apart”? Really?

It is unreasonable to expect to work with near-constant affirmation from superiors, near-constant agreement from...

August 2015

August 23, 2015

Teaching Unprofessionalism

The stories were told by people who were, during the incidents themselves, medical students. Though...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

Mistakes were made . . . yeah, by us.

It was an aside, but I mentioned in my last post the importance of using...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Holy Gossip: Taming the Tongue while Telling Our Stories

Refraining from idle and malicious gossip can keep good will from being destroyed, can keep...

April 22, 2015

Thank you, Jesus, for phlebotomists.

My youngest son had to have blood drawn today. I was more distressed by this...

April 18, 2015

(Un)Professionalism and the “Vet of the Year”

The professions--I use the word in its technical sense--carry with them an expectation of virtue,...