About this episode

The episode discusses various medical topics including the passing of Zubin's dad, physician maintenance of certification, and medical masking in hospitals.

The most epic medical bromance in history is BACK and we've brought our A-game 🔥 Video version here. Topics covered: 00:00 Intro, WE'RE BACK! 4:02 Zubin's Dad's Passing 30:00 Physician Maintenance of Certification (MOC) 48:18 Chat GPT and Medicine 52:24 Letting DOJ Know About MOC Monopoly 54:04 Colon Cancer Screening 1:04:30 Whole Body MRI Scans 1:12:24 GI Jokes 1:13:57 Masking In Hospitals 1:23:07 Doctors' Attire and Behavior (Professionalism) 1:27:21 What's Up With Braces? 👉 Ain't The Way To Die, including resources on end-of-life planning. 👉 Link to let DOJ know about MOC. 👉 Previous episode w/Dr. Paul Teirstein on MOC (Maintenence of Certification) Subscribe to The VPZD Show on your favorite podcast app. Check out VP's Substack Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts as well as Sensible Medicine. Here's all our previous episodes together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Zubin Damania, Vinay Prasad

Topics covered

• medical bromance
• physician certification
• medical masking
• colon cancer screening
• whole body MRI
• doctor professionalism
• end-of-life planning

Keywords

• medical bromance
• physician certification
• masking
• colon cancer
• whole body MRI
• doctor behavior
• end-of-life planning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DOJ, Sensible Medicine

Books & works: Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts

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