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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

Oct 25, 2021 Link to Brief Tips and Best Practices for Virtual Conferences

Read How to Support Grieving Patients During COVID-19

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How to Support Grieving Patients During COVID-19

Jennifer Reid, MD

Oct 20, 2021 Link to How to Support Grieving Patients During COVID-19

Read 3 Steps Toward Financial Independence for Doctors

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3 Steps Toward Financial Independence for Doctors

Christopher H. Loo, MD-PhD

Oct 18, 2021 Link to 3 Steps Toward Financial Independence for Doctors

Read What You Need to Know About Becoming a CMO

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What You Need to Know About Becoming a CMO

Oct 11, 2021 Link to What You Need to Know About Becoming a CMO

Read 5 Life Lessons for the Working Clinician

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5 Life Lessons for the Working Clinician

Oct 11, 2021 Link to 5 Life Lessons for the Working Clinician

Read My Struggle With “Chronic Invisibility”

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My Struggle With “Chronic Invisibility”

Oct 5, 2021 Link to My Struggle With “Chronic Invisibility”

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

Oct 5, 2021 Link to To Close the Gender Gap in Health Care, We Must Empower Through Our Collective Voice

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

Sep 15, 2021 Link to Overcoming Implicit Bias in the Age of COVID-19

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

Sep 8, 2021 Link to You’re Still a Clinician Even If You Leave Medicine

Read In Medicine, Nothing Is Ever Black and White

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In Medicine, Nothing Is Ever Black and White

Sep 1, 2021 Link to In Medicine, Nothing Is Ever Black and White

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

Aug 31, 2021 Link to How to Use Math to Better Treat Your Patients

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

Aug 23, 2021 Link to There Is More To a Career Than Being an Attending

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

Aug 17, 2021 Link to Letter To A Black Woman In Medicine

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

Aug 10, 2021 Link to First Female President of Dana-Farber Asks: Why Should Women Have to Sacrifice Their Careers When They Have a Family?

Read Dear Interns

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Dear Interns

Zainab Mabizari, MD

Jul 28, 2021 Link to Dear Interns

Read I Didn't Match. But I Refused to Give Up

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I Didn't Match. But I Refused to Give Up

Wayne B. Bauerle, MD

Jul 20, 2021 Link to I Didn't Match. But I Refused to Give Up

Read Why Wasn’t I Taught How to Be a Manager in Medical School?

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Why Wasn’t I Taught How to Be a Manager in Medical School?

Charlotte Grinberg, MD

Jul 6, 2021 Link to Why Wasn’t I Taught How to Be a Manager in Medical School?

Read 3 Lessons for Medical Students Working in the Community

3 Lessons for Medical Students Working in the Community

Melanie Gershman and 3 others

Jun 29, 2021 Link to 3 Lessons for Medical Students Working in the Community