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>Pathways to Primary Care - Charting trajectories from medical school graduation through specialty training [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Policy solutions require insight into complex patterns of training from medical school graduation through specialty training into PC careers. Population Studied: US physicians who graduated from medical school 2001-2015. Context: Shortages of primary care (PC) physicians threaten access, quality, and equity in US healthcare.

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Remembering Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP

ABIM

Humphrey, MD, MACP, a nationally renowned leader in medical education and President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Holly had a long and meaningful relationship with ABIM dating back to her first days on the ABIM Board of Directors in 2001. Foundation, passed yesterday from pancreatic cancer.

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Episode 165: WDx #8 – Clinical unknown with Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer & Dr. Debra Bynum

The Clinical Problem Solvers

After completing medical school at Texas Tech University, she moved up to North Carolina for residency. From there, she came to Chapel Hill for medical school and stayed at UNC for residency training. Ann Marie Kumfer & Dr. Debra Bynum Want to test your learning?

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  38,3 (2008): 323-33. doi:10.1521/suli.2008.38.3.323

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics. How long ago?

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A Podcast on Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas

PEMBlog

Inhalant misuse reported to Americas Poison Centers, 2001-2021. Its evolved from its medical and industrial applications to a recreational substance with a significant cultural footprint. So pediatricians, Educators and parents all play a crucial role in prevention. Students should be educated about the dangers of inhalants.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. Welcome back to GeriPal, Lauren. Lauren: Thanks for having me. Alex: And she’s going to be a guest host today.

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