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Episode 209: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 12 – Our Land is Our Health: Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

It notably creates a burden of proof for Indigenous trainees to prove their identity, which can provide additional stress during application and interview cycles. This flawed measure can be harmful for many reasons. This includes being mindful of language and the etiology of the words we use in academic and medical spaces (e.g., “low

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Episode 213: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 13 – Centering Asian Americans: Racism, Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Content Warning: This episode contains themes of violence, trauma-induced mental health concerns, and brief mentions of suicide. Remember that more deeply understanding your patients can provide meaning! Seeking to more deeply understand your patients is not an additional burden: ultimately, it is an additional benefit.

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

We additionally firmly establish that the song How to Save a Life by the Fray was a product of the aughts (2005, to be exact), not the 90’s ): Enjoy! People saw that there were people who needed to have supportive care, didn’t need to have the level of nursing that was provided in nursing homes, and there was money to be made.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. Open since 2005 her community clinic has inspired Americans to create ideal hospitals and clinics nationwide. I think it’s a label that people turn to because of mental health stigma. That really helps.

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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding

Physician's Weekly

Dangerous changes loomed: To compensate for tax cuts for the wealthy, Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill and budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 threaten to curtail Medicaid, which provides health coverage for people with low incomes and disabilities. “I thought my family was going to disown me,” he said.