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A Decade of Blogging!

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Okay, now I'll admit I've done a horrible job of keeping up with the blog lately especially given that this is only my fifth post of the year, but today is still super special for me. I was originally told that as a premedical student and single mother with low stats, that I would not make it into medical school.

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Comparison is the Thief of Joy

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Additionally, this past week alone, a large number of former medical students who rotated with me during my intern year graduated from the shorter duration residencies in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, etc and are now getting to do what they set out to do.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

As I’ve been blogging about this for a couple months now, I’m really trying to find anyone who loves these things. Drew: I’ve published a draft version of it on the blog. But I just don’t expect my medical students, residents and generalist colleagues to do that and to have that.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings. See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.) The following is a summary of the spring meeting. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. or Canada to become eligible for ABIM Board Certification.

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

We got some really special guests with us. So I have thought about this for months, maybe years since your 2016, cycle blog, but we have picked Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen. And so that lends it properties of being a pretty strong analgesic and it lends its special properties for safety, from a safety profile.

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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

GeriPal

We’ve also love to hear from you on twitter and facebook your own experiences writing for the medical world (and please include links!) And so, it’s about going live on stage in the medical audience, and everything from the whiteboard in the surgery room saying, “Here’s the lineup. This is Eric Widera.

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Avoiding the Uncanny Valley in Serious Illness Communication: Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

Alex: Today, we’re delighted to welcome Josh Briscoe, who is assistant professor of medicine and psychiatry at Duke, and a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center. All these studies in this fringe… We want the special key. Most of serious illness is not medical decisions. Eric: Yeah.

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