Challenges in Medicine

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What It's Like to Be the Zebra in Medical School

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Dallas Walter, MD

Read Gender Equity on the Vitreoretinal Podium: Progress Made, Still Work To Be Done

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Gender Equity on the Vitreoretinal Podium: Progress Made, Still Work To Be Done

Jayanth Sridhar, MD

Oct 18, 2021 Link to Gender Equity on the Vitreoretinal Podium: Progress Made, Still Work To Be Done

Read Why We Need to Rethink Disparities Research

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Why We Need to Rethink Disparities Research

Helen O Williams, MD, MA

Oct 13, 2021 Link to Why We Need to Rethink Disparities Research

Read Athletes Can Ask for Mental Health Help. Why Can’t We?

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Athletes Can Ask for Mental Health Help. Why Can’t We?

Christopher Morrow, MD

Oct 12, 2021 Link to Athletes Can Ask for Mental Health Help. Why Can’t We?

Read My Struggle With “Chronic Invisibility”

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My Struggle With “Chronic Invisibility”

Oct 5, 2021 Link to My Struggle With “Chronic Invisibility”

Read Why Primary Care Clinicians are Key to Identifying and Addressing Behavioral Health Stressors

Why Primary Care Clinicians are Key to Identifying and Addressing Behavioral Health Stressors

Prentiss Taylor, MD, FACP and 1 other

Sep 22, 2021 Link to Why Primary Care Clinicians are Key to Identifying and Addressing Behavioral Health Stressors

Read The Time is Now for Brain Health Equity

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The Time is Now for Brain Health Equity

Victor Ekuta, MD

Aug 26, 2021 Link to The Time is Now for Brain Health Equity

Read The Medical Community’s Response to Aducanumab Gives Me Hope

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The Medical Community’s Response to Aducanumab Gives Me Hope

Lachlan Shiver, MD

Aug 25, 2021 Link to The Medical Community’s Response to Aducanumab Gives Me Hope

Read Over Half of Clinicians Face Restrictions for Moonlighting. That May Soon Change

Over Half of Clinicians Face Restrictions for Moonlighting. That May Soon Change

Abraham Kim and 1 other

Aug 16, 2021 Link to Over Half of Clinicians Face Restrictions for Moonlighting. That May Soon Change

Read Will New Federal Prescribing Guidelines Make a Difference in Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths?

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Will New Federal Prescribing Guidelines Make a Difference in Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths?

Aug 9, 2021 Link to Will New Federal Prescribing Guidelines Make a Difference in Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths?

Read I Retired after Being Punished for Speaking Out. Now I Can Speak My Mind

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I Retired after Being Punished for Speaking Out. Now I Can Speak My Mind

Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA

Aug 7, 2021 Link to I Retired after Being Punished for Speaking Out. Now I Can Speak My Mind

Read Prior Authorization Is Causing Even More Headaches Than EHR

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Prior Authorization Is Causing Even More Headaches Than EHR

Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA

Aug 3, 2021 Link to Prior Authorization Is Causing Even More Headaches Than EHR

Read Medical Students Suffer in Silence So Their Career Doesn’t

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Medical Students Suffer in Silence So Their Career Doesn’t

Jul 12, 2021 Link to Medical Students Suffer in Silence So Their Career Doesn’t

Read Clerkship Year Doesn't Need To Be Like This

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Clerkship Year Doesn't Need To Be Like This

Phoebe Prioleau, MD

Jul 8, 2021 Link to Clerkship Year Doesn't Need To Be Like This

Read The Things We Work Through When Maybe We Shouldn’t

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The Things We Work Through When Maybe We Shouldn’t

Jennifer Lycette, MD

Jul 7, 2021 Link to The Things We Work Through When Maybe We Shouldn’t

Read Overworked by COVID-19, Clinicians Alter Career Plans in Droves

Overworked by COVID-19, Clinicians Alter Career Plans in Droves

Daniel Novinson, MD, MPH and 1 other

Jun 28, 2021 Link to Overworked by COVID-19, Clinicians Alter Career Plans in Droves

Read Why We Should Be Proud to Be Disruptive Doctors

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Why We Should Be Proud to Be Disruptive Doctors

Daniel Waters, DO

Jun 16, 2021 Link to Why We Should Be Proud to Be Disruptive Doctors

Read I Thought Med School Was a Piece of Cake. Then I Had My First Patient Encounter

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I Thought Med School Was a Piece of Cake. Then I Had My First Patient Encounter

Casey Schukow, DO

Jun 15, 2021 Link to I Thought Med School Was a Piece of Cake. Then I Had My First Patient Encounter

Read How Long Have You Been Awake?

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How Long Have You Been Awake?

Max Blumberg, MD

Jun 14, 2021 Link to How Long Have You Been Awake?

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Cleaning up Our Practice

Shah-Naz Khan, MD

Jun 11, 2021 Link to Cleaning up Our Practice

Read Dr. Nadine Burke Harris on Being California's First Surgeon General

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Dr. Nadine Burke Harris on Being California's First Surgeon General

Rosemarie Pitsch, MPH

Jun 11, 2021 Link to Dr. Nadine Burke Harris on Being California's First Surgeon General

Read Elite Institutions: Myths, Realities, and Hard Truths

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Elite Institutions: Myths, Realities, and Hard Truths

Olga Muldoon, MD

Jun 10, 2021 Link to Elite Institutions: Myths, Realities, and Hard Truths