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'The Last Straw' Driving Workers Out of Healthcare

Unaddressed workplace violence may be a domino further disrupting the system

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Compassion Is a Learnable Skill

Practicing medicine compassionately benefits our patients and ourselves

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What If the Doctor Is Out?

Strikes can lead to important changes for interns and residents

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Despite Taboo, Med Students, Doctors Use Substances Too

But if it becomes a problem, finding help can come with unique consequences

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Deceit Allegations, Lawsuits Dog Florida For-Profit Nursing School

Nursing board's weakened oversight powers led to proliferation of underperforming programs

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Transitioning From Academic Writing to the Narrative

An alternative writing style can give a voice to our patients' stories

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MedPod Today: New CDC Goals, Hospital Hires AI Job, and Med Student Mental Health

Three MedPage Today reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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Slight Gender Gap Detected in Ophthalmology Education Evaluations

Women lagged a bit 6 months before graduation, but then caught up

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Medical School Should Teach Students About Homelessness

We can better prepare our future doctors to treat this population

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Med Students Also Plagued by High Insurance Costs for Mental Health

Many in-school plans offered free counseling sessions, but privacy concerns may be a barrier

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Why I Live on 'Do Not Disturb' Mode

And why you should too

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The Quest to Solve MS: 'It's a Story That's Optimistic'

Stephen Hauser, MD, talks about The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries

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Black, Hispanic Applicants Underrepresented in Ophthalmology Fellowships

However, women and men had similar match rates

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The Merry-Go-Round of Burned-Out Doctors

Physician turnover is putting patient health at risk

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Violence in Healthcare: Why Are People So Angry?

The healthcare system has failed us all when we needed it most

It's Time to Move on From the U.S. News Rankings

The lack of data and transparency should raise questions

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How to (Legally) Diversify the Healthcare Workforce

Alternative approaches are key following the SCOTUS ruling on race-based admissions

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We Use ChatGPT in Medical Practice -- And You Can Too

These tools can make us better physicians

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I Cannot Remember the Names of Biologics. Should I Retire?

The old days of drug nomenclature were simpler

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Ob/Gyn Switching to Independent System for Residency Applications

This is the last year ob/gyn will use ERAS, despite helping to pilot the program

Residency: Long Hours and Lifetime Connections

Adriana Wong on bonding with people who "become your friends throughout the years"

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Medical School Applicants Do Not Need to 'Check' a Box to Succeed

Five reasons why the Supreme Court's ruling will not set back diversification in medicine

Petition to End Maintenance of Certification Rallies More Than 10K Signers

Physicians push back on "burdensome, costly" program

Doctors Sue California Over Implicit Bias Training

"Taking some dippy course is not going to change a hardened racist," one plaintiff says

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Medical Jargon Was Once Foreign to You, Too

Over-explaining and using layperson terms can enhance communication with patients

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For-Profit Virginia Nursing School Shuts Doors Abruptly

Broken mannequins, fired janitors, grade inflation all signaled a sinking ship

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What Matters Most to You as a Doctor?

Lessons from teaching a class on meaning in medicine

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How Much Anguish Must Residents Experience?

Residency programs must work to improve physicians' mental well-being

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I Repeated a Year of Medical School

And it gave me confidence

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Dignity for the Deceased: The Need for Federal Regulations

All body donation programs should be subject to fundamental federal laws

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A Letter From a Miami Jail to the American Board of Internal Medicine

The Longitudinal Knowledge Assessments are no vacation

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Survival Calculator Takes 'Holistic' Approach in Oral Cancer

But experts urge caution with this prediction tool

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Doctors Are Not Exempt From Knowing How to Communicate

Medical training must better emphasize this essential skill

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Stepping Into the Unknown: Reflections of an Intern

Six things I wish I did better when starting residency

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Dear New Residents, Medicine Is a Hard and Beautiful Gift

Welcome to the adventure

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An Extracurricular EMT Roadmap

An immersive supplement to your medical education

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There's No Anki Card for Empathy

Socioeconomic diversity among doctors can improve patient care

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What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs?

Promise of a flexible nursing degree is sometimes too good to be true

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I Am a Physician Face of Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court's ruling hurts, but still I have hope

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Penn Medicine Pulls Out of U.S. News Hospital Rankings

The health system announced its decision after this year's medical school exodus

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