Search results for "Medical education"
Leadership Day 2017 prioritizes patient protection
Four hundred Leadership Day attendees from 47 states and Washington, D.C., met with 107 members of Congress and their staffs during more than 400 meetings on Capitol Hill to encourage the goal of protecting patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/leadership-day-2017-prioritizes-patient-protection.htm
1 Jul 2017
Climate change and clinical practice
This issue covers such topics as how internists can address climate health issues in their practice, what internists can do for patients with fibromyalgia, and how to identify and manage resistant hypertension.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/09/editors.htm
1 Sep 2016
10 tips for well-being amid COVID-19
The global pandemic has professional and personal consequences for physicians, so experts offer their advice on coping during COVID-19.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/10-tips-for-well-being-amid-covid-19.htm
1 Jul 2020
After the election, a time for reflection
The new administration the Congress will force us to rethink our priorities, values, and approach to economic, geopolitical, environmental, educational, religious, and social issues.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/01/presidents.htm
1 Jan 2017
GME needs serious financial and structural reform
The current system and critical elements of undergraduate and graduate medical education are in need of serious financial and structural reform.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2016
Celebrate mental health awareness every day
Recognizing mental health entails the individual acknowledging it and seeking help, society not stigmatizing those suffering from mental and behavioral disorders, and the nation providing adequate resources and personnel to address the problem.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/05/celebrate-mental-health-awareness-every-day.htm
1 May 2022
Optimizing medical therapy after stroke
Stroke survivors often leave the hospital with new prescriptions and substantial confusion about how, or even whether, to take them. This leaves internists with the sometimes formidable job of evaluating, prescribing, or tweaking these regimens, identifying and managing adverse effects, and reinforcing education about treatment risks, benefits, and adherence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/06/stroke.htm
1 Jun 2016
Diversity in leadership begins with sponsorship
ACP's President reflects on sponsoring diversity at the chapter level to promote future national governance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/07/diversity-in-leadership-begins-with-sponsorship.htm
1 Jul 2022
Starting salaries rise for primary care doctors in 2012
Primary care physicians reported $180,000 in median first-year guaranteed compensation, up from $175,000 in 2011, a salary survey noted.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/07/2.htm
7 May 2013
Vigilance needed to combat osteoporosis
This issue covers such topics as osteoporosis, nutrition, vertigo, and opioids and medical education.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/01/editors-note.htm
1 Jan 2017