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

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Shortages of primary care (PC) physicians threaten access, quality, and equity in US healthcare. Population Studied: US physicians who graduated from medical school 2001-2015. Results: Physician graduates totaled 353,590, (2001–2015), including MDs - 92.1%, (325,578), DOs - 8% (28,012), IMGs - 21% (67,231).

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AMPLIFY™ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

5 Clear Benefits for Healthcare Providers and Patients The benefits to a high PPV are, well, myriad. For example, Driscoll (2001) wrote on the benefits of early 22q detection: Couples can opt to pursue diagnostic testing. Genet Med   3 , 14–18 (2001). Performance of noninvasive prenatal screening for 22q11.2 2022;227(1):124-125.

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Episode 384: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 26 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 1

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Her mission — preparing the next generation of diverse physician leaders in pediatric healthcare and mental health and creating partnerships between communities and academic centers — will be critical for eliminating disparities among minority populations. The Changing Characteristics of African-American Adolescent Suicides, 2001–2017.

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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

Her mission — preparing the next generation of diverse physician leaders in pediatric healthcare and mental health and creating partnerships between communities and academic centers — will be critical for eliminating disparities among minority populations. The Changing Characteristics of African-American Adolescent Suicides, 2001–2017.

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

GeriPal

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. But then I realized who I wasn’t hearing from, I did not hear from the CEO of my organization, my healthcare organization. One was very surprising.

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Episode 240: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 17 – ‘Just’ Births: Reproductive Justice & Black/Indigenous Maternal Health Equity

The Clinical Problem Solvers

As healthcare providers, we must listen to our patients and use the power of our presence to see birthing people’s full humanity and empowerment. Healthcare. Excerpt from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001. Published online 2021. 2020;8(1):100367.

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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. This was an investigative report about fraud and healthcare, pure fraud, pure victimization of vulnerable people. These are the sickest patients in the healthcare system. Lauren: Thanks for having me.

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