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When a Mistake Haunts You — And What to Do About It

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Amy Vertrees, MD

Read Why Networking Is Important for Medical Students

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Why Networking Is Important for Medical Students

Nov 29, 2021 Link to Why Networking Is Important for Medical Students

Read Harm Reduction in Unvaccinated (and All Other) Patients

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Harm Reduction in Unvaccinated (and All Other) Patients

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Read 5 Tips From a Doctor Who Increased Their Net Worth $800k in a Year

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5 Tips From a Doctor Who Increased Their Net Worth $800k in a Year

Jordan Frey, MD

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Read Why This Radiologist Recommends Series I Savings Bonds

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Why This Radiologist Recommends Series I Savings Bonds

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Read Brief Tips and Best Practices for Virtual Conferences

Brief Tips and Best Practices for Virtual Conferences

Karlo Toljan, MD and 1 other

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Read How to Support Grieving Patients During COVID-19

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How to Support Grieving Patients During COVID-19

Jennifer Reid, MD

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Read 3 Steps Toward Financial Independence for Doctors

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3 Steps Toward Financial Independence for Doctors

Christopher H. Loo, MD-PhD

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Read What You Need to Know About Becoming a CMO

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What You Need to Know About Becoming a CMO

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Read 5 Life Lessons for the Working Clinician

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5 Life Lessons for the Working Clinician

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Read My Struggle With “Chronic Invisibility”

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My Struggle With “Chronic Invisibility”

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Read To Close the Gender Gap in Health Care, We Must Empower Through Our Collective Voice

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To Close the Gender Gap in Health Care, We Must Empower Through Our Collective Voice

Rakhee Kapadia Bhayani, MD

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Read 5 Rules I Follow To Write a Personal Statement

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5 Rules I Follow To Write a Personal Statement

Natasha Babar, MD

Oct 5, 2021 Link to 5 Rules I Follow To Write a Personal Statement

Read 3 Ways Hospitals Can Prepare for Major Emergencies

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3 Ways Hospitals Can Prepare for Major Emergencies

Joy K Anderson, MD

Sep 20, 2021 Link to 3 Ways Hospitals Can Prepare for Major Emergencies

Read Overcoming Implicit Bias in the Age of COVID-19

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Overcoming Implicit Bias in the Age of COVID-19

Preeya Desh, MD

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Read You’re Still a Clinician Even If You Leave Medicine

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You’re Still a Clinician Even If You Leave Medicine

Charles Sadaphal, MD

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Read In Medicine, Nothing Is Ever Black and White

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In Medicine, Nothing Is Ever Black and White

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Read How to Use Math to Better Treat Your Patients

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How to Use Math to Better Treat Your Patients

Orkun Baloglu, MD

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Read There Is More To a Career Than Being an Attending

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There Is More To a Career Than Being an Attending

Pranay Parikh, MD

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Read How Gardening Can Make You a Better Clinician

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How Gardening Can Make You a Better Clinician

Austin Miller OMS-II

Aug 18, 2021 Link to How Gardening Can Make You a Better Clinician

Read Letter To A Black Woman In Medicine

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Letter To A Black Woman In Medicine

Micaela Stevenson

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Read First Female President of Dana-Farber Asks: Why Should Women Have to Sacrifice Their Careers When They Have a Family?

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First Female President of Dana-Farber Asks: Why Should Women Have to Sacrifice Their Careers When They Have a Family?

Rosemarie Pitsch, MPH

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