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Training a diverse physician workforce: a survey of alumni of a medical education program focused on underserved populations [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

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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San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

This membership style of medicine limits the size of a physician’s medical practice, allowing for a more personalized approach to wellness with greater connectivity, enhanced lifestyle coaching, and emotional support delivered in a relaxed, convenient practice setting. . It’s a wonderful way to practice medicine.”

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Seeking Nature Healing

Doctor Rachel

I don't know about you, but I have had a VERY busy spring—at work and at home—with multiple family members in need of support and medical care. And like any normal human, I sometimes hit my caregiving LIMIT and am just simply grumpy and ungrateful. It was just what I needed. Healing ourselves requires healing the earth. Keniger, L.

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An allergy drug showed promise for MS, but could they prove it?

Medical Xpress

Those were some of the questions first posed in 2013 after a landmark discovery by UC San Francisco neuroscientist Jonah Chan, Ph.D., What if an over-the-counter allergy medicine could help halt and even reverse multiple sclerosis? And if it did, could patients return to their full capacity? and physician-scientist Ari Green, MD.

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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

PEMBlog

However, this large study shows that probiotics do not significantly shorten illness duration, improve symptoms, or reduce the need for additional medical visits. Pediatrics, 2013. 2013 Sep;38(5):467-76. Epub 2013 Jul 10. By using the latest research, parents can focus on more effective treatments like hydration.

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FDA Abandons Its Defense of the LDT Rule, But is It Signaling an Increase in RUO Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

As HPM argued in both the groundbreaking citizen petition Jeffrey Gibbs filed thirty-two years ago and the papers we filed on behalf of our clients, Dr. Michael Laposata and the Association for Molecular Pathology in the recent LDT litigation, the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act does not authorize FDA to regulate LDTs as medical devices.

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Factor Analysis to create a shorter version of the Team Development Measurement Scale. [Instrument development / psychometrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Prior research suggests that effective team dynamics correlate with enhanced clinical outcomes, diminished medical errors, and mitigate burnout. published the Team Development Measure (TDM) in 2013. Stock, et al. It is a 31-item scale developed in primary care settings and has been demonstrated to be reliable and valid.