By: Jennifer Y. Wang, a senior medical student at the Stanford School of Medicine It’s not entirely clear when I decided to affix the dreaded “premed” label upon myself. As a freshman at Stanford University eight years ago, I was also considering the possibilities of becoming a computer scientist or a biomedical researcher or engineer. …
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By: Jessica Early, a nurse practitioner fellow at the West Haven Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE) During my time in nursing school, the constant refrain was that interprofessional teamwork is the foundation of patient-centered care. In lectures and seminars, we were told that, as nurse practitioners (NPs), our effectiveness depended on collaboration with all …
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By: Marie Caulfield, PhD, manager of data operations and services, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC Last year my daughter was admitted to a teaching hospital with a kidney infection. The medical student and residents on her treatment team recommended an MRI to rule out a possible anatomical cause. Dr. R., the attending physician, …
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By: Vera P. Luther, MD, assistant professor, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine My family has a tradition of working together on jigsaw puzzles during holidays and summer vacations. It’s a fun activity that involves teamwork. We enjoy the discovery of interesting shapes and making connections between pieces and groups, …
Editor's Note: For more on patient advocacy groups, like the Porphyria Research Consortium, check out our AM Last Page, entitled "Realizing the Potential of Patient Organizations in Translational Research—Delivering Treatments for Rare Diseases." By: Desiree Lyon Howe, executive director, American Porphyria Foundation The American Porphyria Foundation (APF) has been instrumental in facilitating porphyria research for over thirty …
Editor’s Note: The following post is part of a series of Peer Reviewer Resources written by some of Academic Medicine's top peer reviewers. Read other peer review posts. By: Bridget C. O’Brien, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine and the Office of Research and Development in Medical Education at the University of California, San Francisco When …
Editor’s Note: The following post is part of a series of Peer Reviewer Resources written by some of Academic Medicine's top peer reviewers. Read other peer review posts. By: Carol-anne Moulton, MD, FRACS, MEd, PhD, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, and Priyanka Patel, MSc, Wilson Center, University Health Network, University of Toronto This is a …
Recently, I ran into a former colleague, who now was a medical director for a multispecialty physician group. He negotiates contracts with payers and manages the specialists and primary care doctors. “It’s a different world,” he told me. “No more do we just admit the patient to the hospital. Now, we try to keep patients out of …
Editor’s Note: The following post is part of a series of Peer Reviewer Resources written by some of Academic Medicine's top peer reviewers. Check back each Thursday for the next post in the series. Read more about our Peer Reviewer Resources. By: Colin P. West, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and biostatistics, Division of General …
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Editor’s Note: The following post is part of a series of Peer Reviewer Resources written by some of Academic Medicine's top peer reviewers. Check back each Thursday for the next post in the series. Read more about our Peer Reviewer Resources. By: Sheila W. Chauvin, PhD, MEd, professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and School of …
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