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Articles by David Gutteridge
Are Medical Schools Redefining What It Means To Be a Doctor?
In 1965, a young physician in Rochester, New York, was tasked with something radical: to build a new department of medicine from scratch. Dr. George Engel didn’t want to simply replicate the standard biomedical model, which carved patients into parts and organs and diseases. Instead, he proposed something quietly revolutionary — the biopsychosocial model. Patients weren’t just clusters of symptoms. They were people, whose lives, communities, and emotions shaped their health as much as their biology.
Can Health Care Be Both Standardized and Personal?
Too often, hard-won triumphs are muted by a prevailing sense of disillusionment. It is widely recognized that the American health care system underperforms. Our country’s high rates of chronic diseases, lower life expectancy relative to other developed nations, and excessive costs are the common focus of headlines, research initiatives, and political agendas.
Alzheimer’s Dementia, Lessons in Life, and Integrity
Her memory is seriously impaired. If objects are shown to her, she names them correctly, but almost immediately afterward, she has forgotten everything. When reading a test, she skips from line to line or reads by spelling the words individually, or by making them meaningless through her pronunciation. In writing, she repeats separate syllables many times, omits others, and quickly breaks down completely.
Are We Protecting Children in the Age of AI?
Imagine a town where every household is required to buy fire insurance. When a blaze breaks out, neighbors rush in with buckets, shoulder to shoulder with firefighters, desperate to save what they can. When the flames die, the insurance company surveys the ashes, studying which homes burned and which survived. The company uses that data to build an algorithm that can predict where the next fire will strike.
What If Burnout Isn’t a Flaw But a Feature?
"The Pitt" has captured our attention with its gritty, unglamorous take on EM, a world defined by uncertainty, exhaustion, and teamwork. So if television can show the truth of EM, why are we still telling medical students they'll be saviors and miracle workers? By inflating their egos, we set them up for burnout, arrogance, and despair. Real life medicine is about humility, not pedestal-standing.
Top Underwater Photos from National Geographic Your Shot
It takes patience, enthusiasm, and passion to make images underwater, but it’s worth the effort: The world below the surface is a captivating and magical place. Members of National Geographic’s Your Shot community were invited to submit their best underwater photographs. For 90 days, every image posted with the hashtag “underwater” was reviewed by curator Lauri Hafvenstein, and her top picks have been featured on the Your Shot Blog, Editor’s Spotlight.
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