Medicine is both a science and an art, but most doctors are neither scientists nor artists. Instead, we are bureaucrats, negotiators, communicators, guides, to use the full spectrum of sentiments. If you need a reminder of why most medical doctors are empathically not scientists, listen to a recent episode of the Healthcare Unfiltered podcast about real-world evidence versus clinical trials, where there is much confusion about biases #

Tool of the day: DEVONthink, which has, with my new job, shifted slowly from a note-taking and thought-organizing tool to a lab notebook. But that is the beauty of versatile tools, once you get to know them. #