Challenges in Medicine

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

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We Need a Better Way to Distribute Vaccines

Usnish Majumdar and 1 other

Read Let's Honor the Achievements of Those in the AAPI Community

Let's Honor the Achievements of Those in the AAPI Community

Shuhong Guo, MD and 1 other

May 17, 2021 Link to Let's Honor the Achievements of Those in the AAPI Community

Read Dr. Nunez-Smith Leads First Task Force on Health Equity

Link to Rosemarie Pitsch, MPH's page

Dr. Nunez-Smith Leads First Task Force on Health Equity

Rosemarie Pitsch, MPH

May 14, 2021 Link to Dr. Nunez-Smith Leads First Task Force on Health Equity

Read How Do I Know I Made the Right Clinical Decision If I Don’t See the Outcome?

Link to Charlotte Grinberg, MD's page

How Do I Know I Made the Right Clinical Decision If I Don’t See the Outcome?

Charlotte Grinberg, MD

May 12, 2021 Link to How Do I Know I Made the Right Clinical Decision If I Don’t See the Outcome?

Read Examining Diversity and Equity at ACOG 2021

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Examining Diversity and Equity at ACOG 2021

Cresta Wedel Jones, MD FACOG

May 10, 2021 Link to Examining Diversity and Equity at ACOG 2021

Read Why Do We Reduce Our Patients to Words?

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Why Do We Reduce Our Patients to Words?

Nicholas Salter

May 10, 2021 Link to Why Do We Reduce Our Patients to Words?

Read Taking Race(ism) Out of the Equation

Link to Victor Ekuta, MD's page

Taking Race(ism) Out of the Equation

Victor Ekuta, MD

May 1, 2021 Link to Taking Race(ism) Out of the Equation

Read The New Price Transparency Rule Aims to Lower Drug Costs. But Will It Work?

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The New Price Transparency Rule Aims to Lower Drug Costs. But Will It Work?

Apr 20, 2021 Link to The New Price Transparency Rule Aims to Lower Drug Costs. But Will It Work?

Read I Can Affect Social Change as a Surgeon, Too

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I Can Affect Social Change as a Surgeon, Too

Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Apr 12, 2021 Link to I Can Affect Social Change as a Surgeon, Too

Read The Case for Three Years of Med School

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The Case for Three Years of Med School

Connor Breinholt

Apr 10, 2021 Link to The Case for Three Years of Med School

Read Why We Should Be Encouraging 'Stupid' Questions

Link to Scarlett Hao, MD's page

Why We Should Be Encouraging 'Stupid' Questions

Scarlett Hao, MD

Apr 5, 2021 Link to Why We Should Be Encouraging 'Stupid' Questions

Read The Consequences of Not Following Your Gut

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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

Read Justice Is Not a Passive Process. Medicine Must Step Up

Link to Yuemei (Amy) Zhang, MD, MBA's page

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

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

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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

Read The Case of the Missing Gallstone

Link to Bhagwan Satiani, MD's page

The Case of the Missing Gallstone

Bhagwan Satiani, MD

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

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

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

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

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

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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

Read Resilience Can Only Take Us So Far

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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

Read Of Medical Students and Goldfish: How Schools Affect Us

Link to Lizbeth Hu, MD's page

Of Medical Students and Goldfish: How Schools Affect Us

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 Back

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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

Read Who Are You Calling Doctor?

Link to Scarlett Hao, MD's page

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 Training

Link to Beatrice Go, MD's page

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