Interprofessional collaboration is a vital part of medical education. When a medical student resists learning from a nurse-midwife on a rotation, how should an academic medical faculty member respond?

Is this a conflict over a team member’s practice style or is it a breach professional boundaries? Is it appropriate for team members to make this judgment, or should it instead come from the team leader?

Surgeons’ regret experiences arising from factors beyond their control might mean that organizations need to step up and help.

Poor sleep affects nearly every organ system and influences many morbidity and mortality causes, so screening for sleep sufficiency and quality should be prioritized.

Justification for using WTP values and QALYs lies in incorporating preferences of those whose treatment could be affected.

When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals.

For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist.

A surgeon’s duty is to identify goals of care, including those about quality of life, from a patient’s perspective and to consider how to achieve them.

No single person should make decisions about for whom or according to which criteria palliative surgery is clinically and ethically appropriate.

Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity.