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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Rather, it’s a dental professional who can demonstrate the proper techniques at your next appointment. Today, only a few students can peek over the shoulder of the surgeon during an operation and it is challenging to learn the tricks of the trade like that. Dentistry even outpaced other fields of medicine in adopting this method.

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Primary care for all Americans

Common Sense Family Doctor

These days, most adults need to wait several months for a new patient appointment with a family doctor, if they can get one at all. This isn't only because too few medical students are choosing primary care residency programs ; it also reflects generalist physicians leaving practice prematurely due to burnout.

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The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

It’s obvious what a potential removing language barriers holds for medical appointments. It will break language barriers These M-LLMs will easily facilitate communication between healthcare providers and patients who speak different languages, translating between various languages in real time.

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Confirmation.

Reflections of a Grady Doctor

This medical student looked like me. But here is what I will say: I've always thought that that, just maybe, that one moment in time was pre-appointed long before I ever even thought of becoming a doctor. Some way, somehow our paths crossed. She was miles away on the eastern seaboard and had somehow found my email. “I

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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

They discussed the need to review blueprints in other specialties to ensure greater integration of older adult care and address ageist assumptions in assessment content, while also aligning with published competencies for medical students and residents.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

In our third segment, we explore Amy Linskys study that examined the effect of patient-directed educational materials on clinician deprescribing of potentially low-benefit or high-risk medications, such as proton pump inhibitors, high-dose gabapentin, or risky diabetes medications. So we’re still trying to figure that out.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Their success is understandable : they offer a fast and easy method to check any skin conditions, typically for a fraction of the cost of a traditional healthcare appointment. If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now.