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Don't Mistake Poverty for Medical Neglect

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Tasia Isbell, MD

Read How Doctors Treat Themselves: Medication Nonadherence in the Medical Community

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How Doctors Treat Themselves: Medication Nonadherence in the Medical Community

Jul 11, 2024 Link to How Doctors Treat Themselves: Medication Nonadherence in the Medical Community

Read The Art of Un-Teaching in Medicine

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The Art of Un-Teaching in Medicine

Sidney Roberts, MD

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Read Pediatric Restraints Can Do More Harm Than Good

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Pediatric Restraints Can Do More Harm Than Good

Tasia Isbell, MD

Jul 1, 2024 Link to Pediatric Restraints Can Do More Harm Than Good

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Dilemmas of Celebrity Endorsements

Noor F. Shaik, MD

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Read The Most Important Tool in My Clinical Toolkit

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The Most Important Tool in My Clinical Toolkit

Marjorie M Ordene, MD

May 30, 2024 Link to The Most Important Tool in My Clinical Toolkit

Read Time Does Not Heal All Wounds

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Time Does Not Heal All Wounds

Brian Gilmer, MD

Apr 25, 2024 Link to Time Does Not Heal All Wounds

Read What's the Point of Peer-to-Peers?

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What's the Point of Peer-to-Peers?

Heather Kristin Schopper, MD

Apr 22, 2024 Link to What's the Point of Peer-to-Peers?

Read Women Physicians Do More ‘Non-Promotable’ Work

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Women Physicians Do More ‘Non-Promotable’ Work

Carmen Frances K Fong, MD

Apr 15, 2024 Link to Women Physicians Do More ‘Non-Promotable’ Work

Read 'I Don't Like Doctors'

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'I Don't Like Doctors'

Alyssa Lambrecht

Apr 11, 2024 Link to 'I Don't Like Doctors'

Read What’s the ICD-10 Code for Moral Injury?

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What’s the ICD-10 Code for Moral Injury?

Jenny Jones, MD

Mar 28, 2024 Link to What’s the ICD-10 Code for Moral Injury?

Read An Apology Is Not a Career Ender

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An Apology Is Not a Career Ender

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Read An Amazonian Evacuation

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An Amazonian Evacuation

Jenny Jones, MD

Mar 26, 2024 Link to An Amazonian Evacuation

Read How Medical Education Has Ignored Female Genital Anatomy

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How Medical Education Has Ignored Female Genital Anatomy

Mar 11, 2024 Link to How Medical Education Has Ignored Female Genital Anatomy

Read Failure is An Integral Part of Medical Education

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Failure is An Integral Part of Medical Education

Alexander Yahanda, MD

Mar 11, 2024 Link to Failure is An Integral Part of Medical Education

Read The Medical School Admissions Process Is Falling Short

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The Medical School Admissions Process Is Falling Short

Michelle Amy Finkel, MD

Mar 5, 2024 Link to The Medical School Admissions Process Is Falling Short

Read Giving Birth Could Be a Death Sentence

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Giving Birth Could Be a Death Sentence

Grace Onimoe, MD MPH, FAAP

Feb 26, 2024 Link to Giving Birth Could Be a Death Sentence

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Why We All Need Psychological Safety

Nora Lamartine, MD and 1 other

Feb 22, 2024 Link to Why We All Need Psychological Safety

Read Medicine Has an Ageism Problem. It’s Time to Talk About It.

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Medicine Has an Ageism Problem. It’s Time to Talk About It.

Mallory Grove, MD

Feb 22, 2024 Link to Medicine Has an Ageism Problem. It’s Time to Talk About It.

Read Carrying the Weight of Representation, For My Patients and Colleagues

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Carrying the Weight of Representation, For My Patients and Colleagues

Feb 20, 2024 Link to Carrying the Weight of Representation, For My Patients and Colleagues

Read What Do We Do Without Evidence in a World of Evidence-Based Medicine?

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What Do We Do Without Evidence in a World of Evidence-Based Medicine?

Brittany Panico, DO

Feb 20, 2024 Link to What Do We Do Without Evidence in a World of Evidence-Based Medicine?

Read Where Are the Maternity Wards?

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Where Are the Maternity Wards?

Maya Nambisan, MD

Feb 12, 2024 Link to Where Are the Maternity Wards?