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Medical Education Needs a Tune-Up

Traditional and case-based teaching have benefits, but students' learning preferences count too

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Gender Equity in Surgery Is Much More Than Numbers

Bias and discrimination persist in the field

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'I Wish Everyone Would Just Pay': When Med Students Flock to Pirated Study Tools

Students weigh the high cost of entering medicine against support for content creators

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Unmatched Physicians' Futures a Focus at the AMA Meeting

Delegates debate allowing them to work in underserved areas with licensed physician supervision

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Receiving Feedback and Critique Is a Complicated Art

It starts with listening

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Welcome, New Interns, to the Wonderful World of Patient Care

Let's work on building a better system for our patients

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The Healing Power of 'I Don't Know'

A dose of physician humility may be just what the patient needs

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Who's Really the Victim Here?

It's time to end DARVO behavior in the healthcare workplace

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A Small Intern in a Big Hospital

Day after day, digging like a gopher

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Opioid Use Disorder Training in Med School Improves Awareness of Patient Needs

Third-year students' knowledge of OUD treatments significantly increased after training

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Do Interns and Residents Ever Really Go on Strike?

Milton Packer describes the first and only successful U.S. housestaff strike -- in 1975

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Residents, Fellows at USC Keck School of Medicine Latest to Vote to Unionize

Vote follows a campaign focused on living wages and representation in the workplace

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A Tale of Two Hospitals: Resident Mistreatment and Exploitation

The pandemic has ignited a wave of resident unionization

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Lucrative Medical Careers for Doctors Who Don't Match

There's a whole world open to unmatched physicians

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Budgeting in Residency: Tips for Recent Medical School Graduates

Too few physicians-in-training are adequately equipped with personal finance skills

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What If We Completely Overhauled the Structure of Medical Education?

Drastic changes can help solve major issues in the medical profession

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Third Time's a Charm: The Hardest Part of Medical School Is Getting In

The cookie-cutter ideal is no longer enough

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When You're a Victim of Academic Plagiarism

This is how it really feels

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As a Fake Neuro Patient, I Got High-Quality Care

I'm confident in the abilities of our medical students

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Pop Quiz: Fundamentals for Better Patient Care

This is what I wish we could teach and grade in medical education

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Caribbean Med School Lied About Match Rates?

Students who attended Saint James from 2016 to 2022 may be eligible for a refund

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'We're Sorry, You Did Not Match to Any Position'

While initially shocked, my disbelief was quickly replaced by relief and gratitude

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The 'Most Selfish' Thing This Med Student Does

How tutoring can change your outlook

Breaking Down the Match Rate

Misleading reporting of Match rates leads to misalignment between programs and applicants

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Do You Know What the Hippocratic Oath Really Says?

Milton Packer wonders where our guidance on medical ethics should come from

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Residency Is Broken. We're Unionizing to Fix It.

More fair working conditions and pay are long overdue

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I Ran Out of Compartments

It's unsustainable to endlessly compartmentalize in the medical profession

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Reframing the 'Difficult Case'

A different perspective can foster new possibilities for patient care

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Match Week: What Are the Most 'Competitive' 番茄社区?

2020 match rates provide one angle on how specialties stack up

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Coping With Rejection Requires Resilience

What it means to be a "long-hauler," far beyond medical school and Match Day

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We Need More Illustrations of People of Color in Medical Textbooks

The lack of diversity perpetuates health inequality and stereotypes

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Where Are All the Black Radiologists?

We can play a role in increasing diversity in the field

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10 番茄社区 With the Lowest Hourly Rate

Calculated by annual salary divided by number of hours worked

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Treating a Messiah

A creative way to achieve patient compliance

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Are There Too Many Foreign-Born Docs in the U.S.? Maybe, Maybe Not

Lawmakers' divide on the question evident at House hearing

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Penn Nursing Gifted $125 Million to Train NPs

Est茅e Lauder scion's donation requires students to work in underserved areas for at least 2 years

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Discouraging Our Children From Becoming Doctors

The other "Great Resignation" in medicine

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Study Shows Virtually No Advancement for Black Surgical Residents

Despite a more diverse applicant pool, matriculation, graduation rates remain low

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Why Do Physicians Stay in Toxic Work Environments?

Reclaim your power at work

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Cardiologist Who Criticized Affirmative Action Proceeds With Free Speech Battle

Norman Wang, MD, claims his employer retaliated in violation of the First Amendment

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