Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Concerns about declining diversity among medical students have emerged due to the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against race-based affirmative action in college admissions. Medical schools must now eliminate race or ethnicity considerations, making it imperative to develop innovative approaches to preserve recent progress.

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Education Medical Student Medical DO 130

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

In 2013, only 56 percent of Americans owned a smartphone, which climbed to around 90% by now. Usually, patients go to their primary care physician for advice or try to ask in the pharmacy on the corner what the smiling pharmacists recommend. VisualDx is an excellent source for diagnostic clinical decision support.

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Healthcare Patients Board-Certified Telemedicine 111

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. And I met with the clinical pharmacist who worked in that clinic and she told me, “You know what? The medical school has no geriatricians.” How long ago?

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Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

Julien: He basically had an end of life care discussion with this patient. So at least in my practice, that’s often how this has happened, unless these conversations have taken place beforehand, either in the emergency room or with primary care providers. How do I reconcile these two issues?

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 96