Category Archives: medical education
the primary care conundrum
Most informed people believe that successful health care reform won’t be possible without more primary care and less of everything else. Unfortunately, that concept has little to do with our present reality. We suffer from a severe shortage of primary … Continue reading
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new doctors
This past Wednesday was July 1, the yearly matriculation date for the profession’s newest doctors. It’s when newly graduated medical students begin to wield their M.D., when newly graduated residents become specialty fellows or practicing physicians. This year’s crop of … Continue reading
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continuing education
Last month I attended a medical conference in Chicago. I try to attend a couple of educational meetings every year to help keep my clinical practices up to date. Continuing education isn’t nearly as strenuous as medical school, which was … Continue reading
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