Underrepresented in Healthcare
Defining who is considered an underrepresented minority (URM), the frequent obstacles they face, and how ... Read more
Caylen Bost
Updated August 8, 2022 by Caylen Bost
Healthcare News and Policy
Learn about different topics in healthcare policy and how current and future healthcare professionals can work in and shape our healthcare system.
Celebrating Graduation Despite COVID-19
With cases of COVID-19 continuing to spread around the world, nearly all large events have ... Read more
Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS
Updated June 23, 2022 by Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS
OSHA Probing Health Worker Deaths But Urges Inspectors To Spare The Penalties
Originally published by Kaiser Health News April 22, 2020 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ... Read more
Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra
Updated August 25, 2022 by Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra
How Students Can Help Fight COVID-19
If you’re in the process of applying for graduate school as a healthcare professional, your ... Read more
Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS
Updated June 23, 2022 by Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS
Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures Of Health Care
Dr. Keith Corl was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a patient arrived ... Read more
Melissa Bailey
Updated June 23, 2022 by Melissa Bailey
Military Doctors In Crosshairs Of A Budget Battle
The U.S. military is devising major reductions in its medical corps, unnerving the system’s advocates ... Read more
Jordan Rau
Updated August 25, 2022 by Jordan Rau
How To Identify And Fight Implicit Bias in Medicine
Implicit bias refers to the attitudes, beliefs, and associations that influence a person’s actions in ... Read more
Christina Amutah
Updated June 23, 2022 by Christina Amutah
How to Discuss Volunteer Experiences Without Sounding Problematic
Welcome back to Equity Matters, the monthly column exploring a range of topics related to ... Read more
Christina Amutah
Updated June 24, 2022 by Christina Amutah
Racism in US Healthcare: An Introduction
Welcome back to Equity Matters! In this monthly column, I hope to explore a range ... Read more
Christina Amutah
Updated June 24, 2022 by Christina Amutah
Poor: A Deadly Diagnosis In America, Ft. Sarah Smarsh
A look at the people valued more as functioning machines than as people This past ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
Opinion: “Right to Try” Legislation and the Responsibility of Physicians
The “right to try movement” is often presented as an altruistic effort to provide patients ... Read more
Adil Menon
Updated June 24, 2022 by Adil Menon
5 Things to Consider When Choosing Your Global Health Experience
Learning about a new culture, seeing how healthcare is done in another country, and building ... Read more
Christina Amutah
Updated August 23, 2022 by Christina Amutah
A World Healed of Trafficking: Healthcare’s Role in Confronting Modern-Day Slavery
A dozen clinic staff walked into the training with skepticism. “This is a waste of ... Read more
Christopher Lee
Updated June 24, 2022 by Christopher Lee
Healthcare In Occupied Palestine: The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
The challenges of providing healthcare in an occupied territory Steve Sosebee is the president and ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
What Lies Ahead in the Healthcare Industry
When you applied to medical school, you probably had an excellent answer to the question ... Read more
Jennifer Clarke
Updated June 24, 2022 by Jennifer Clarke
How Media and Education Can Improve Latinx Health Disparities
Here’s the good news: Latinx population growth is rising and projected to constitute 29% of ... Read more
David Velasquez
Updated June 25, 2022 by David Velasquez
The Physician Gender Bias—What Every Female Doctor Has Faced
A man and a woman step into an elevator wearing the exact same hospital scrub ... Read more
Karen Tran-Harding
Updated June 25, 2022 by Karen Tran-Harding
The Power of Listening: What I Learned From My Trip to Rwanda, Africa
I woke up abruptly from my jet-lagged sleep surrounded by a bed net, two fans, ... Read more
Crissey Tait
Updated June 26, 2022 by Crissey Tait
“We Don’t Carry Gloves in Your Size”
Reasons women should not pursue surgery discredited Before I even started medical school, I knew ... Read more
Kara Hessel
Updated June 26, 2022 by Kara Hessel