Challenges in Medicine

Examining the issues in medicine that you, your colleagues, and your patients face.

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The Hurdle to a COVID-19 Vaccine Nobody Talks About: Supply Chain Management

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Read We Write the Prescriptions, but at What Cost?

Link to Steven Robert Quimby, MD's page

We Write the Prescriptions, but at What Cost?

Steven Robert Quimby, MD

Aug 21, 2020 Link to We Write the Prescriptions, but at What Cost?

Read Discourse on Beauty in Medicine

Link to John Frederick Clark, MD's page

Discourse on Beauty in Medicine

John Frederick Clark, MD

Aug 18, 2020 Link to Discourse on Beauty in Medicine

Read How Virtual Interviews Might Mitigate Systemic Sexism in Medicine

Link to Michelle Amy Finkel, MD's page

How Virtual Interviews Might Mitigate Systemic Sexism in Medicine

Michelle Amy Finkel, MD

Aug 17, 2020 Link to How Virtual Interviews Might Mitigate Systemic Sexism in Medicine

Read How Our EMRs Are Hurting Us In the Fight Against COVID-19

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How Our EMRs Are Hurting Us In the Fight Against COVID-19

Hemal Narendra Sampat, MD

Aug 12, 2020 Link to How Our EMRs Are Hurting Us In the Fight Against COVID-19

Read The Performance vs. the Patients

Link to Megan Ottomeyer, DO's page

The Performance vs. the Patients

Megan Ottomeyer, DO

Aug 7, 2020 Link to The Performance vs. the Patients

Read The Hospital Workers Who Aren't Getting a Living Wage

The Hospital Workers Who Aren't Getting a Living Wage

Kathryn Himmelstein, MD and 1 other

Jul 30, 2020 Link to The Hospital Workers Who Aren't Getting a Living Wage

Read How Our Health Care System Hurts Our Patients' Well-Being

Link to Melissa Kwak, MD's page

How Our Health Care System Hurts Our Patients' Well-Being

Melissa Kwak, MD

Jul 22, 2020 Link to How Our Health Care System Hurts Our Patients' Well-Being

Read 'White' Should Not Be the Medical Standard

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'White' Should Not Be the Medical Standard

Jul 20, 2020 Link to 'White' Should Not Be the Medical Standard

Read What About the Other Pandemic?

Link to May Khadem, MD's page

What About the Other Pandemic?

Jul 14, 2020 Link to What About the Other Pandemic?

Read The Pandemic Is Revealing What Med Students Always Suspected

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The Pandemic Is Revealing What Med Students Always Suspected

Jul 13, 2020 Link to The Pandemic Is Revealing What Med Students Always Suspected

Read 'Unfathomable': Perspectives of Black Medical Trainees

'Unfathomable': Perspectives of Black Medical Trainees

Ashely Alker, MD and 2 others

Jul 10, 2020 Link to 'Unfathomable': Perspectives of Black Medical Trainees

Read Racism Within and Outside of Medicine Needs to End Now

Link to Sean Conroy, PA-C's page

Racism Within and Outside of Medicine Needs to End Now

Sean Conroy, PA-C

Jul 8, 2020 Link to Racism Within and Outside of Medicine Needs to End Now

Read The Flawed Logic of Residents' 24-Hour Work Shifts

Link to Colleen Mary Farrell, MD's page

The Flawed Logic of Residents' 24-Hour Work Shifts

Colleen Mary Farrell, MD

Jul 7, 2020 Link to The Flawed Logic of Residents' 24-Hour Work Shifts

Read It’s High Time to Revamp Medical Specialty Licensing. COVID-19 Is Showing Us How.

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It’s High Time to Revamp Medical Specialty Licensing. COVID-19 Is Showing Us How.

William Richard Laurence, MD

Jul 7, 2020 Link to It’s High Time to Revamp Medical Specialty Licensing. COVID-19 Is Showing Us How.

Read We Are Not Victims of the System. We Are Enablers

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We Are Not Victims of the System. We Are Enablers

Melissa Kwak, MD

Jun 29, 2020 Link to We Are Not Victims of the System. We Are Enablers

Read As Healers, Ending Systemic Racism Is Our Work, Too

Link to Lisa Doggett, MD's page

As Healers, Ending Systemic Racism Is Our Work, Too

Lisa Doggett, MD

Jun 23, 2020 Link to As Healers, Ending Systemic Racism Is Our Work, Too

Read Health Care Owes the Black Community More Than Words of Solidarity

Link to Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw, MD's page

Health Care Owes the Black Community More Than Words of Solidarity

Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw, MD

Jun 16, 2020 Link to Health Care Owes the Black Community More Than Words of Solidarity

Read Step 2 CS: An Unnecessary Cost

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Step 2 CS: An Unnecessary Cost

Jun 11, 2020 Link to Step 2 CS: An Unnecessary Cost

Read COVID-19 Or: How I Learned to Stop Moping and Focus on What's Important

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COVID-19 Or: How I Learned to Stop Moping and Focus on What's Important

Jun 8, 2020 Link to COVID-19 Or: How I Learned to Stop Moping and Focus on What's Important

Read COVID-19 Reveals Disparities in Health Care

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COVID-19 Reveals Disparities in Health Care

Jun 5, 2020 Link to COVID-19 Reveals Disparities in Health Care

Read What Does it Take to Achieve Clinical Mastery?

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What Does it Take to Achieve Clinical Mastery?

Alagappan Muthuraman, MD

Jun 5, 2020 Link to What Does it Take to Achieve Clinical Mastery?