Challenges in Medicine

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

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Why We Should Be Encouraging 'Stupid' Questions

Scarlett Hao, MD

Apr 5, 2021

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The Consequences of Not Following Your Gut

Elizabeth Moham

Apr 2, 2021 Link to The Consequences of Not Following Your Gut

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Justice Is Not a Passive Process. Medicine Must Step Up

Yuemei (Amy) Zhang, MD, MBA

Mar 18, 2021 Link to Justice Is Not a Passive Process. Medicine Must Step Up

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The New CPT Codes: The Start of A Long Way to Go

Melinda Rebecca Ring, MD FACP, ABOIM

Mar 17, 2021 Link to The New CPT Codes: The Start of A Long Way to Go

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The Case of the Missing Gallstone

Bhagwan Satiani, MD

Mar 15, 2021 Link to The Case of the Missing Gallstone

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Why COVID-19 No-Visitation Policies May Be Doing More Harm Than Good

David Deemer

Mar 8, 2021 Link to Why COVID-19 No-Visitation Policies May Be Doing More Harm Than Good

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'Who Has Access to Health Care?' and Other Questions Worth Asking

Zainab Mabizari, MD

Mar 1, 2021 Link to 'Who Has Access to Health Care?' and Other Questions Worth Asking

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Resilience Can Only Take Us So Far

Charles Black, MD

Feb 25, 2021 Link to Resilience Can Only Take Us So Far

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Of Medical Students and Goldfish: How Schools Affect Us

Lizbeth Hu, MD

Feb 22, 2021 Link to Of Medical Students and Goldfish: How Schools Affect Us

Read I Left Medicine For a Year. Here's What I Learned, and Why I'm Coming Backarticle image

I Left Medicine For a Year. Here's What I Learned, and Why I'm Coming Back

Jennifer Lycette, MD

Feb 22, 2021 Link to I Left Medicine For a Year. Here's What I Learned, and Why I'm Coming Back

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Who Are You Calling Doctor?

Scarlett Hao, MD

Feb 18, 2021 Link to Who Are You Calling Doctor?

Read An Apple A Day? Evaluating Gaps in Medical Trainingarticle image

An Apple A Day? Evaluating Gaps in Medical Training

Beatrice Go, MD

Feb 8, 2021 Link to An Apple A Day? Evaluating Gaps in Medical Training

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The DNR Tattoo

Lindsay Rebecca Ripley, MD

Feb 5, 2021 Link to The DNR Tattoo

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We’ve Taught Patients To Rely On Us Instead of Themselves

Brian Andrew Freeman, MD, MPH

Jan 13, 2021 Link to We’ve Taught Patients To Rely On Us Instead of Themselves

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Why We Need to Speak Up on Health Care Reform

Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS

Jan 8, 2021 Link to Why We Need to Speak Up on Health Care Reform

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The ‘Do Something’ Bias in Medicine

Charlotte Grinberg, MD

Jan 7, 2021 Link to The ‘Do Something’ Bias in Medicine

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Requiem For the Written Note

Daniel Waters, DO

Jan 4, 2021 Link to Requiem For the Written Note

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What It Means When a Physician Loses Anonymity

Bailey Wolding

Dec 14, 2020 Link to What It Means When a Physician Loses Anonymity

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As Both Patients and Physicians, Women Face Discrimination

Melinda Rebecca Ring, MD FACP, ABOIM

Dec 14, 2020 Link to As Both Patients and Physicians, Women Face Discrimination

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The Danger of Removing Professionalism from the Profession

Charles Black, MD

Nov 20, 2020 Link to The Danger of Removing Professionalism from the Profession

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Are Resident Clinics Harming Patients?

Phoebe Prioleau, MD

Nov 16, 2020 Link to Are Resident Clinics Harming Patients?

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The Conversation Doctors Aren’t Prepared For

Henry Bair

Oct 27, 2020 Link to The Conversation Doctors Aren’t Prepared For