Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

If you’re a 4th year medical student who is unmatched at this point, my advice is the following: Focus on securing a one year preliminary or transitional year position! Even if you had your heart set on a particular specialty, at this point, making sure you graduate with a JOB should be of utmost importance.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

When I spoke to physicians who had been practicing back then, it seemed that the sort of modern cohort of medical students and residents and young physicians were facing a different set of challenges, a unique set of challeng challenges. It was all covered by my mom’s insurance. Which I don’t blame her.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

maybe eight or 10 months ago, “Please write a prior authorization to the insurance company. The thing just wrote this beautiful, absolutely beautiful, well-constructed prior authorization request to the insurance company. Eric: Now, insurance companies are going to want handwritten prior authorizations. Bob: Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

When I was a medical student, I actually worked with Elizabeth in her research group at OHSU. But if your patient is not able to do those things, I wouldn’t say don’t have insurer. Elizabeth Eckstrom is a geriatrician, professor of medicine at OHSU, and author of a new book, the Gift of Aging. Anna 07:06 Thank you.

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