Challenges in Medicine

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

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Read Why Physicians Need a Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Why Physicians Need a Collective Bargaining Agreement

Daniel Waters, DO

Oct 23, 2020 Link to Why Physicians Need a Collective Bargaining Agreement

Read Please Stop Blaming Your Patients

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Please Stop Blaming Your Patients

Clayton Lee Foster, MD

Oct 8, 2020 Link to Please Stop Blaming Your Patients

Read The Empathy Gap

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The Empathy Gap

Amanda Guarniere, NP

Oct 6, 2020 Link to The Empathy Gap

Read Environmental Sustainability is Good Business for Health Systems

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Environmental Sustainability is Good Business for Health Systems

Oct 1, 2020 Link to Environmental Sustainability is Good Business for Health Systems

Read Vulnerability as a Superpower

Link to Jennifer Lycette, MD's page

Vulnerability as a Superpower

Jennifer Lycette, MD

Sep 28, 2020 Link to Vulnerability as a Superpower

Read What the EMR Won’t Tell You: Lessons Learned from My First House Call as a Medical Student

Link to Maeher Grewal's page

What the EMR Won’t Tell You: Lessons Learned from My First House Call as a Medical Student

Sep 15, 2020 Link to What the EMR Won’t Tell You: Lessons Learned from My First House Call as a Medical Student

Read The Failing of the Physical Exam

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The Failing of the Physical Exam

Paul Ruggieri, MD

Sep 10, 2020 Link to The Failing of the Physical Exam

Read How Personal Protection Extends Beyond a Mask

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How Personal Protection Extends Beyond a Mask

Ben R Bache-Wiig, MD

Aug 27, 2020 Link to How Personal Protection Extends Beyond a Mask

Read To Fight COVID-19, the Medical Establishment Must Address Its History of Racism

Link to Rajesh Reddy, MD MPH's page

To Fight COVID-19, the Medical Establishment Must Address Its History of Racism

Rajesh Reddy, MD MPH

Aug 26, 2020 Link to To Fight COVID-19, the Medical Establishment Must Address Its History of Racism

Read Response to #Medbikini: Standing Up Against Sexism in Medicine

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Response to #Medbikini: Standing Up Against Sexism in Medicine

Christina Wornom, RN

Aug 25, 2020 Link to Response to #Medbikini: Standing Up Against Sexism in Medicine

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

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

Aug 24, 2020 Link to The Hurdle to a COVID-19 Vaccine Nobody Talks About: Supply Chain Management

Read We Write the Prescriptions, but at What Cost?

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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

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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

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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?

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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