🏥 General Practice

The art and science of primary care medicine, where physicians serve as the first point of contact and must navigate the full breadth of human illness and wellness.

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

299

📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine

What Seems to Be the Problem? 89%

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022

4.18

299 ratings

📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine

The Inner Consultation

by Roger Neighbour • 2015

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

4.02

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice

The Inner Consultation 89%

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

by Roger Neighbour 2015

4.02

46 ratings

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice

Puzzles in General Surgery

by Hassan A. Bukhari • 2013

Clinical puzzles that build surgical judgment for the exam and the OR, from electrolytes to trauma.

4.43

🫀 General Surgery 📚 Surgery Study Guides 🩺 Perioperative Care

Puzzles in General Surgery 88%

Clinical puzzles that build surgical judgment for the exam and the OR, from electrolytes to trauma.

by Hassan A. Bukhari 2013

4.43

14 ratings

🫀 General Surgery 📚 Surgery Study Guides 🩺 Perioperative Care

Compassionomics

by Stephen Trzeciak • 2019

Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.

4.05

652

🏥 Patient Care 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔥 Physician Burnout

Compassionomics 88%

Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.

by Stephen Trzeciak 2019

4.05

652 ratings

🏥 Patient Care 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔥 Physician Burnout

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

Doctored 88%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

How to Be a Patient

by Sana Goldberg • 2019

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

4.10

203

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors

How to Be a Patient 88%

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

by Sana Goldberg 2019

4.10

203 ratings

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

4.28

53k+

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine

Complications 88%

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

by Atul Gawande 2002

4.28

53k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine

How to Read a Paper

by Trisha Greenhalgh • 1999

From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.

4.02

378

🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔎 Critical Appraisal 🧪 Study Design

How to Read a Paper 88%

From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.

by Trisha Greenhalgh 1999

4.02

378 ratings

🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔎 Critical Appraisal 🧪 Study Design

On Becoming a Doctor

by Tania Heller • 2009

A decade of training, six figures of debt, and one question to answer before you begin.

3.66

220

📋 Pre-Med Guidance 🏥 Medical Training 📚 Medical School Survival

On Becoming a Doctor 88%

A decade of training, six figures of debt, and one question to answer before you begin.

by Tania Heller 2009

3.66

220 ratings

📋 Pre-Med Guidance 🏥 Medical Training 📚 Medical School Survival

Better

by Atul Gawande • 2007

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

4.25

37k+

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine

Better 87%

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

by Atul Gawande 2007

4.25

37k+ ratings

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare

by Mike Davis • 2017

The debrief is where the learning happens. How to design and run simulations that teach.

🏥 Healthcare Simulation 📚 Medical Education 🧪 Experiential Learning

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare Summary

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare 87%

The debrief is where the learning happens. How to design and run simulations that teach.

by Mike Davis 2017

🏥 Healthcare Simulation 📚 Medical Education 🧪 Experiential Learning

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 87%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies

Practising Existential Psychotherapy

by Ernesto Spinelli • 2007

Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.

4.26

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 📚 Clinical Training 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Practising Existential Psychotherapy Summary

Practising Existential Psychotherapy 87%

Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.

by Ernesto Spinelli 2007

4.26

88 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 📚 Clinical Training 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review

by Maria T. Codina Leik • 2007

Your NP exam prep stripped to its essentials: conditions, treatments, and strategies that show up.

4.39

235

📝 Nursing Exam Prep 👩‍⚕️ Advanced Practice Nursing 🏥 Primary Care Review

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review Summary

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review 87%

Your NP exam prep stripped to its essentials: conditions, treatments, and strategies that show up.

by Maria T. Codina Leik 2007

4.39

235 ratings

📝 Nursing Exam Prep 👩‍⚕️ Advanced Practice Nursing 🏥 Primary Care Review

Your Life in My Hands

by Rachel Clarke • 2017

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

3.78

4k+

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout

Your Life in My Hands 87%

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

by Rachel Clarke 2017

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout

Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy

by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins • 1997

A protocol that separates the benign squiggle from the one that needs a crash cart.

4.19

156

⚡ Electrocardiography 🫀 Cardiology 📊 Arrhythmia Diagnosis

Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy Summary

Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy 87%

A protocol that separates the benign squiggle from the one that needs a crash cart.

by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1997

4.19

156 ratings

⚡ Electrocardiography 🫀 Cardiology 📊 Arrhythmia Diagnosis

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition

by Thomas Bodenheimer • 2012

Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.

4.07

201

🏛️ Health Policy 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏥 U.S. Healthcare

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition Summary

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition 87%

Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.

by Thomas Bodenheimer 2012

4.07

201 ratings

🏛️ Health Policy 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏥 U.S. Healthcare

Learn Medical Spanish in 100 Days

by Touri Language Learning • 2018

One medical phrase a day to move from nervous silence to confident care in Spanish.

4.00

🏥 Medical Spanish 📖 Phrasebook 💬 Patient Communication

Learn Medical Spanish in 100 Days Summary

Learn Medical Spanish in 100 Days 87%

One medical phrase a day to move from nervous silence to confident care in Spanish.

by Touri Language Learning 2018

4.00

7 ratings

🏥 Medical Spanish 📖 Phrasebook 💬 Patient Communication

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition

by Christopher Coughlin • 2012

EMT certification accelerated: the clinical priorities and test logic that earn the passing score.

4.45

315

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🚑 Prehospital Care 📝 Ems Certification Exam

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition Summary

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition 87%

EMT certification accelerated: the clinical priorities and test logic that earn the passing score.

by Christopher Coughlin 2012

4.45

315 ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🚑 Prehospital Care 📝 Ems Certification Exam

The First Kiss

by Daryl Chow • 2018

The clinical intake loses clients. An engagement-first method that earns the second session.

4.13

253

🧭 First Sessions 🤝 Client Engagement 🔗 Therapeutic Alliance

The First Kiss 87%

The clinical intake loses clients. An engagement-first method that earns the second session.

by Daryl Chow 2018

4.13

253 ratings

🧭 First Sessions 🤝 Client Engagement 🔗 Therapeutic Alliance

How Doctors Think

by Jerome Groopman • 2007

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

3.93

13k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship

How Doctors Think 87%

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

by Jerome Groopman 2007

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship

Every Patient Tells a Story

by Lisa Sanders • 2009

Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.

3.96

9k+

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📖 Narrative Medicine ⚠️ Diagnostic Errors

Every Patient Tells a Story 87%

Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.

by Lisa Sanders 2009

3.96

9k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📖 Narrative Medicine ⚠️ Diagnostic Errors

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals

by Peter Pronovost • 2010

Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.

3.94

244

🏥 Patient Safety 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals 87%

Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.

by Peter Pronovost 2010

3.94

244 ratings

🏥 Patient Safety 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture

Managing the Myths of Health Care

by Henry Mintzberg • 2017

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

3.47

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking

Managing the Myths of Health Care Summary

Managing the Myths of Health Care 87%

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

by Henry Mintzberg 2017

3.47

74 ratings

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking

BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual

by American Heart Association • 2016

The compression rate, depth, and rhythm that keep the brain alive after the heart stops.

4.16

140

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🫀 Resuscitation ⛑️ First Aid

BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual Summary

BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual 87%

The compression rate, depth, and rhythm that keep the brain alive after the heart stops.

by American Heart Association 2016

4.16

140 ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🫀 Resuscitation ⛑️ First Aid

Redefining Health Care

by Michael E. Porter • 2006

US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.

3.91

397

🏥 Healthcare Strategy 💰 Health Economics ♟️ Competitive Strategy

Redefining Health Care 87%

US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.

by Michael E. Porter 2006

3.91

397 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Strategy 💰 Health Economics ♟️ Competitive Strategy

Confessions of a Surgeon

by Paul A. Ruggieri • 2012

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

3.75

2k+

🏥 Surgical Memoirs 🪚 Surgeon Training 🏨 Hospital Culture

Confessions of a Surgeon 87%

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

by Paul A. Ruggieri 2012

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoirs 🪚 Surgeon Training 🏨 Hospital Culture

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends

by Michael White • 1990

Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.

4.06

396

🕸️ Narrative Therapy 🧱 Social Constructionism ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends Summary

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends 87%

Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.

by Michael White 1990

4.06

396 ratings

🕸️ Narrative Therapy 🧱 Social Constructionism ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

If Disney Ran Your Hospital

by Fred Lee • 2004

Patients compare your hospital to Disney, not the one across town. Courtesy decides who wins.

4.01

1k+

🏥 Healthcare Management 🤲 Patient Experience 🏛️ Organizational Culture

If Disney Ran Your Hospital 87%

Patients compare your hospital to Disney, not the one across town. Courtesy decides who wins.

by Fred Lee 2004

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏥 Healthcare Management 🤲 Patient Experience 🏛️ Organizational Culture

Zen Guitar

by Philip Toshio Sudo • 1997

Your guitar is a dojo: Zen wisdom that transforms practice into a spiritual discipline.

4.03

3k+

🧘 Beginner'S Mind 🎨 Zen Arts 🎸 Creative Practice

Zen Guitar 87%

Your guitar is a dojo: Zen wisdom that transforms practice into a spiritual discipline.

by Philip Toshio Sudo 1997

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧘 Beginner'S Mind 🎨 Zen Arts 🎸 Creative Practice

Playing the Piano for Pleasure

by Charles Cooke • 1941

Amateur piano method: one daily hour, turn weak spots into strengths, keep every piece.

4.19

363

🎹 Piano Practice 🎯 Deliberate Practice 👀 Sight Reading

Playing the Piano for Pleasure 87%

Amateur piano method: one daily hour, turn weak spots into strengths, keep every piece.

by Charles Cooke 1941

4.19

363 ratings

🎹 Piano Practice 🎯 Deliberate Practice 👀 Sight Reading

Nurse's Pocket Guide

by Marilynn E. Doenges • 2006

The manual that turns a nursing diagnosis into a care plan in seconds.

3.98

126

🔄 Nursing Process 🏷️ Nursing Diagnosis 📋 Care Planning

Nurse's Pocket Guide 87%

The manual that turns a nursing diagnosis into a care plan in seconds.

by Marilynn E. Doenges 2006

3.98

126 ratings

🔄 Nursing Process 🏷️ Nursing Diagnosis 📋 Care Planning

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

4.38

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality

The People's Hospital 87%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality

Management Principles for Health Professionals

by Joan Gratto Liebler • 1992

Change keeps coming for healthcare. The playbook for keeping quality, team, and budget intact.

3.64

🏥 Healthcare Management 🗺️ Strategic Planning 🔄 Change Management

Management Principles for Health Professionals Summary

Management Principles for Health Professionals 87%

Change keeps coming for healthcare. The playbook for keeping quality, team, and budget intact.

by Joan Gratto Liebler 1992

3.64

36 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Management 🗺️ Strategic Planning 🔄 Change Management

An Insider's Guide to Orthopedic Surgery

by Elizabeth Kaufmann • 2018

Your surgeon doesn't write the recovery manual. A physical therapist who sees the aftermath does.

3.78

🦴 Orthopedic Recovery 🦿 Joint Replacement 🏥 Surgery Preparation

An Insider's Guide to Orthopedic Surgery Summary

An Insider's Guide to Orthopedic Surgery 87%

Your surgeon doesn't write the recovery manual. A physical therapist who sees the aftermath does.

by Elizabeth Kaufmann 2018

3.78

9 ratings

🦴 Orthopedic Recovery 🦿 Joint Replacement 🏥 Surgery Preparation

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed

by Sophie J. Bakri • 2014

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

4.19

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed Summary

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed 87%

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

by Sophie J. Bakri 2014

4.19

27 ratings

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging

To Repair the World

by Paul Farmer • 2013

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

4.11

1k+

🏥 Global Health Equity 🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health

To Repair the World 87%

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

by Paul Farmer 2013

4.11

1k+ ratings

🏥 Global Health Equity 🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health

This is Going to Hurt

by Adam Kay • 2017

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

4.40

334k+

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training

This is Going to Hurt 87%

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

by Adam Kay 2017

4.40

334k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training

Gray's Anatomy

by Henry Gray • 1858

Before modern imaging, the book that taught the world human anatomy, structure by structure.

4.31

4k+

🦴 Human Anatomy 📖 Anatomical Reference 📝 Descriptive Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy 87%

Before modern imaging, the book that taught the world human anatomy, structure by structure.

by Henry Gray 1858

4.31

4k+ ratings

🦴 Human Anatomy 📖 Anatomical Reference 📝 Descriptive Anatomy

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis

Ending Medical Reversal 87%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis

When the Air Hits Your Brain

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

4.35

12k+

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility

When the Air Hits Your Brain 87%

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996

4.35

12k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility

Building Motivational Interviewing Skills

by David B. Rosengren • 2009

Turn conversations into catalysts for change: a skill-building workbook for helping professionals.

4.13

380

🗣️ Motivational Interviewing 🧠 Behavior Change Counseling 👂 Reflective Listening

Building Motivational Interviewing Skills Summary

Building Motivational Interviewing Skills 87%

Turn conversations into catalysts for change: a skill-building workbook for helping professionals.

by David B. Rosengren 2009

4.13

380 ratings

🗣️ Motivational Interviewing 🧠 Behavior Change Counseling 👂 Reflective Listening

Netter's Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy

by Jon C. Thompson • 2001

The orthopaedic anatomy you need for the clinic and the boards, in Netter's signature clarity.

4.53

117

🩻 Clinical Anatomy 🏥 Orthopaedic Surgery 🔪 Surgical Anatomy

Netter's Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy Summary

Netter's Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy 87%

The orthopaedic anatomy you need for the clinic and the boards, in Netter's signature clarity.

by Jon C. Thompson 2001

4.53

117 ratings

🩻 Clinical Anatomy 🏥 Orthopaedic Surgery 🔪 Surgical Anatomy

The Unseen Body

by Jonathan Reisman • 2021

Twelve organs, twelve revelations: a physician's tour through the body's unseen interior.

3.98

2k+

🧬 Human Anatomy 📖 Medical Memoir 📚 Popular Medicine

The Unseen Body 87%

Twelve organs, twelve revelations: a physician's tour through the body's unseen interior.

by Jonathan Reisman 2021

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧬 Human Anatomy 📖 Medical Memoir 📚 Popular Medicine

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

4.14

2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine

Our Malady 87%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

4.24

131

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation

The Primal Prescription 87%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation

The Gift of Therapy

by Irvin D. Yalom • 2003

Therapy's true instrument is the therapist. Lessons on using your own presence, not just protocols.

4.32

30k+

🧠 Psychotherapy Practice ⏳ Existential Psychotherapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

The Gift of Therapy 87%

Therapy's true instrument is the therapist. Lessons on using your own presence, not just protocols.

by Irvin D. Yalom 2003

4.32

30k+ ratings

🧠 Psychotherapy Practice ⏳ Existential Psychotherapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Piano Playing

by Josef Hofmann • 1976

A virtuoso's manual: how slow practice, legato, and a trained ear build the complete pianist.

3.71

141

🎹 Piano Pedagogy 🎼 Classical Performance 🐢 Deliberate Practice

Piano Playing 87%

A virtuoso's manual: how slow practice, legato, and a trained ear build the complete pianist.

by Josef Hofmann 1976

3.71

141 ratings

🎹 Piano Pedagogy 🎼 Classical Performance 🐢 Deliberate Practice

Little Miss Diagnosed

by Erin Nance • 2025

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

4.22

364

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training

Little Miss Diagnosed 87%

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

by Erin Nance 2025

4.22

364 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training

Practice Perfect

by Doug Lemov • 2012

Your practice is probably locking in your errors. The rules for making every repetition count.

3.81

2k+

🎯 Deliberate Practice ✏️ Practice Design 🛠️ Skill Acquisition

Practice Perfect 86%

Your practice is probably locking in your errors. The rules for making every repetition count.

by Doug Lemov 2012

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎯 Deliberate Practice ✏️ Practice Design 🛠️ Skill Acquisition

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