Learn about different topics in healthcare policy and how current and future healthcare professionals can work in and shape our healthcare system.
Since the Student Doctor Network was founded 25 years ago, the forums have supported international-status ... Read more
Written by: Marwa Belhaj, Nashwaan Khan, Chi M Trinh, Zhengyang (Kevin) Sun, and Zezhou (Zach) Zhao.
Published on: October 17, 2024
Results from a HPSA/SDN survey on generative AI use by prehealth and health professions students ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: September 12, 2024
In discussions surrounding telemedicine, the spotlight often turns to the significant impact of the COVID-19 ... Read more
Written by: Ayesha Khan
Published on: August 30, 2024
Unfortunately, medical errors are a prominent issue in the healthcare community today. Medical errors are ... Read more
Written by: PRISM HOSA
Published on: February 22, 2024
As a health professions advisor and admissions professional, I have found myself connecting with the ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: November 3, 2022
Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. ... Read more
Written by: Brett Kelman
Published on: July 8, 2022
Evidence-based medicine is the application of a rigorous scientific standard in the practice of a ... Read more
Written by: Samuel Williams, MD
Published on: April 28, 2022
Area Health Education Centers, or AHECs, consist of around 300 locations that address primary care ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: March 31, 2022
Victoria Knight April 30, 2021 In their last year of medical school, fourth-year students get ... Read more
Written by: Victoria Knight
Published on: May 20, 2021
As an undergraduate studying health education, I was first exposed to the lack of equity ... Read more
Written by: Eboni Peoples
Published on: March 4, 2021
Disabilities The Centers for Disease Control defines disability as “any condition of the body or ... Read more
Written by: Mary Alice Keller, M.A., CCC-SLP
Published on: October 15, 2020
Originally published on Kaiser Health News, October 6, 2020 Breaking up parties, confiscating booze and ... Read more
Written by: Anna Almendrala and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
Published on: October 8, 2020
by Michael McAuliff. Originally published by KHN.org on September 23, 2020. Reopening colleges drove a ... Read more
Written by: Michael McAuliff
Published on: September 24, 2020
By Esther Landhuis. Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle on August 13, 2020. Republished ... Read more
Written by: Esther Landhuis
Published on: August 17, 2020
This application cycle, many healthcare professional school applications have been affected by COVID-19. Many professions ... Read more
Written by: Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS
Published on: July 28, 2020
Originally published on Kaiser Health News on July 13, 2020 James “Mike” Anderson was a ... Read more
Written by: Melissa Bailey and Christina Jewett
Published on: July 13, 2020
Medical students, residents, and other health professional students are running into significant issues as they ... Read more
Written by: Laura Turner
Published on: May 19, 2020
Defining who is considered an underrepresented minority (URM), the frequent obstacles they face, and how ... Read more
Written by: Caylen Bost
Published on: May 11, 2020
With cases of COVID-19 continuing to spread around the world, nearly all large events have ... Read more
Written by: Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS
Published on: May 7, 2020