Challenges in Medicine

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The Performance vs. the Patients

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Megan Ottomeyer, DO

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The Hospital Workers Who Aren't Getting a Living Wage

Kathryn Himmelstein, MD and 1 other

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

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

Melissa Kwak, MD

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Read 'White' Should Not Be the Medical Standard

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'White' Should Not Be the Medical Standard

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Read What About the Other Pandemic?

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What About the Other Pandemic?

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The Pandemic Is Revealing What Med Students Always Suspected

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'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

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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

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The Flawed Logic of Residents' 24-Hour Work Shifts

Colleen Mary Farrell, MD

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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.

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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

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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

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Health Care Owes the Black Community More Than Words of Solidarity

Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw, MD

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Step 2 CS: An Unnecessary Cost

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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

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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?

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The Problem With Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs

Phoebe Prioleau, MD

May 7, 2020 Link to The Problem With Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs

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The Health of Health Care Workers

Sonali Mantoo, MD

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We Asked, You Answered: What Changes Would You Make to NP Licensing and Certification Processes?

Erin Mercer, MBA, MA, CCC-SLP

May 5, 2020 Link to We Asked, You Answered: What Changes Would You Make to NP Licensing and Certification Processes?

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How COVID-19 Could Test the Adaptability of the NRMP

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Clinician, How Can You Be A Better Ally?

Jennifer Anne Coleman

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