{"id":12904,"date":"2026-07-03T17:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roshreview.com\/blog\/?p=12904"},"modified":"2026-07-08T20:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:17:27","slug":"how-a-commitment-to-lifelong-learning-will-make-you-a-better-physician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roshreview.com\/blog\/how-a-commitment-to-lifelong-learning-will-make-you-a-better-physician\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Commitment to Lifelong Learning Will Make You a Better Physician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 id=\"h-for-physicians-continuing-education-is-essential-by-reading-journal-articles-networking-with-colleagues-and-seeing-how-things-are-done-at-different-places-your-skill-set-widens-new-knowledge-gets-put-into-practice-and-as-a-result-you-have-better-patient-outcomes\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">For physicians, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roshreview.com\/blog\/how-to-use-your-cme-money-before-the-end-of-the-year\/\">continuing education<\/a> is essential. By reading journal articles, networking with colleagues, and seeing how things are done at different places, your skill set widens, new knowledge gets put into practice, and as a result, you have better patient outcomes.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 id=\"h-to-illustrate-the-importance-of-lifelong-learning-i-m-going-to-discuss-a-few-examples-from-my-career-as-a-cardiac-anesthesiologist-hopefully-these-will-help-you-understand-that-for-the-physician-school-is-never-over-and-your-patient-s-health-depends-upon-how-well-you-keep-up-with-the-latest-discoveries-and-advances-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">To illustrate the importance of lifelong learning, I\u2019m going to discuss a few examples from my career as a cardiac anesthesiologist. Hopefully, these will help you understand that for the physician, school is never over, and your patient&#8217;s health depends upon how well you keep up with the latest discoveries and advances.&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 id=\"h-we-ll-start-by-looking-at-an-example-of-how-things-used-to-be-done-for-major-heart-surgeries-to-illustrate-just-why-expertise-is-always-something-you-are-in-pursuit-of-rather-than-something-you-ve-acquired\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">We\u2019ll start by looking at an example of how things used to be done for major heart surgeries, to illustrate just why expertise is always something you are in pursuit of, rather than something you\u2019ve acquired.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-an-example-of-old-school-cardiac-anesthesia-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Example of Old School Cardiac Anesthesia&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a cardiac anesthesiologist, I get to have a front-row seat to some incredible surgeries. One of the most dramatic procedures we perform involves deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, where the patient\u2019s blood is temporarily circulated outside the body while blood flow is completely stopped and the body is cooled to 18\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naturally, surgeries this large require a lot of analgesia and sedation. One time, I took over from a colleague whose approach reflected older cardiac anesthesia training paradigms, and he had given the patient 10mg of midazolam and 30mg of morphine, amounts of medications that all but guaranteed that even with a perfectly smooth surgery, the patient will not return to consciousness anytime today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, the longer a patient is intubated and sedated, the more morbidity they face. Breathing tubes beget pneumonia, sedation begets hypotension and the necessity for pressors, and pressors can beget end-organ ischemia. If only the patient could be <em>safely<\/em> extubated on the earlier side, much of this iatrogenic morbidity could be avoided.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There had to be a better way to do this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-how-lifelong-learning-saved-the-day-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Lifelong Learning Saved the Day&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The emergence of ERAS (enhanced recovery after surgery) protocols fundamentally changed perioperative care and had patients from all realms of ORs shortening their lengths of stay, getting extubated sooner, and avoiding all the problems that come with staying in the hospital, like infections and delirium. With ERAS came fast-track extubations, protocols that aim to get that breathing tube out within 4-6 hours of ICU drop off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We learned how to tailor our anesthetic to get these patients extubated quickly. <strong>We utilized different sedation protocols, fewer opioids, more adjuvant analgesics, and other advanced monitors to give a patient more precisely what they needed<\/strong>,<strong> <strong>rather than relying on excessively deep, nonspecific anesthesia.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-then-we-took-it-to-the-next-level-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Then We Took It to the Next Level&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I entered practice as an attending, we took things one step further and started to employ peripheral nerve blocks to decrease immediate post-operative pain and get patients extubated even faster. <strong>The hot-off-the-presses pecto-intercostal fascial plane block was not a block I had ever performed before, but it was newly described in the cardiac surgery literature, showed promise in decreasing opioid requirements after surgery, and improved patient satisfaction.<\/strong> As more and more data came out, the results were clear that the block offered a benefit. It became a standard tool in our armamentarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It brought us great joy to see patients that we had dropped off at lunchtime extubated before dinner. Sure, they were groggy and often required a little bit of blood pressure support, but they were talking, and had enough mental wherewithal to not only remember us as their anesthesiologists, but give us a \u201cThanks, Doc\u201d as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-how-lifelong-learning-saved-a-patient\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Lifelong Learning Saved a Patient<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The value of these evolving approaches became especially clear in complex, high-risk patients. A time when this really came to fruition was when a young male patient, who had recently recovered from opioid addiction, needed cardiac surgery and requested an opioid-free anesthetic. He naturally wanted to minimize his chances of relapse, which brings with it enormous risk of mortality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clearly, this was not the patient to prescribe various opioids and benzos, as would have been done in years past. By utilizing a novel and effective nerve block and catheter technique, along with numerous adjuvant analgesics, the anesthesia and ICU teams were successfully able to navigate the patient through, and give him a substantially improved chance at long-term survival. Every measure was taken to prevent this patient\u2019s relapse into opioid addiction. <strong>The paradigm shifted, and we didn\u2019t execute the usual plan.<\/strong> <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36184473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read about it here, as it was case reportable<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the previous examples demonstrate, medicine is an evolving science, and learning new protocols, keeping up with the literature, and using new knowledge to tailor treatments is key to being an effective practitioner.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roshreview.com\/blog\/4-ways-to-practice-lifelong-learning-in-medicine\/\">Being a lifelong learner<\/a> isn\u2019t just a good thing for a physician to do\u2014it\u2019s absolutely essential to the practice of medicine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-summary-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can never stop engaging with new evidence and evolving best practices. Technology keeps moving forward, and we must too. Sure, it\u2019s one more thing to do, but don\u2019t we want to be the best possible doctors we can be? Don\u2019t lose touch with the ever-advancing cutting edge of medicine. In medicine, expertise is never static\u2014the best physicians remain lifelong students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.roshreview.com%2Fblog%2F4-tips-for-scheduling-your-pance-exam-date%2F&amp;description=4+Tips+for+Scheduling+Your+PANCE+Exam+Date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><em><em>Rosh Review is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roshreview.com\/\">board review<\/a>&nbsp;company providing Qbanks that boost your confidence for your boards and beyond.&nbsp;Get started with a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/app.roshreview.com\/trial\">Rosh Review free trial<\/a>&nbsp;to the Qbank of your choice (no credit card required!) and gain access to board-style practice questions,&nbsp;detailed explanations, beautiful medical images, and more.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For physicians, continuing education is essential. By reading journal articles, networking with colleagues, and seeing how things are done at different places, your skill set widens, new knowledge gets put into practice, and as a result, you have better patient outcomes. To illustrate the importance of lifelong learning, I\u2019m going to discuss a few examples <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roshreview.com\/blog\/how-a-commitment-to-lifelong-learning-will-make-you-a-better-physician\/\">read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":13006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1996,3815,2025,2027,2029,2007,3810,2010,2011,2013,2016,2017],"tags":[3917,3918,3380,3681],"coauthors":[3947],"class_list":["post-12904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogtype","category-child-and-adolescent-psychiatry","category-emergency-medicine","category-family-medicine","category-internal-medicine","category-md-do","category-med-peds","category-ob-gyn","category-pediatric-emergency-medicine","category-pediatrics","category-psychiatry","category-special-purpose-exam","tag-lifelong-learner","tag-lifelong-learning","tag-professional-practice","tag-treatment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Importance of Lifelong Learning in Medicine - RoshReview.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Medicine is all about lifelong learning. 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