Perspectives
A Word From the President
Friday, October 12, 2018
Spiraling drug costs and threats to the 340B program hurt patients
by Darrell G. Kirch, MD, AAMC President and CEO
What Americans think about medical schools and teaching hospitals
by Darrell G. Kirch, MD, AAMC President and CEO
Viewpoints
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Bullying’s brutal impact
by Joseph Wright, MD, MPH
Physical pain, depression, anxiety, even suicide: the effects of bullying are profound. How academic medicine can — and must — help those who suffer.
Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Making the case for parental leave during residency
by Laura Forese, MD, MPH
As the numbers of women entering medicine grow, we must do a better job of ensuring new parents have time to bond with their babies.
Kyle Freischlag, a fourth-year medical student at Duke University Medical School, was on rounds when he walked into the hospital room of an elderly man recovering from surgery. The man was unconscious and having trouble breathing. Freischlag saw that the patient had just resumed taking his regular medications, which included oxycontin for chronic pain. “He was on a fairly high dose and that was stacked on what he received in the OR,” Freischlag says.
Fortunately, Freischlag had recently participated in a simulation involving a medical manikin in the throes of an opioid overdose and realized what was happening. He grabbed a nurse, called the attending physician, and within minutes the patient was resuscitated with naloxone. “It clicked because of that simulation,” he says. “In that moment I was able to recognize the problem and know what to do.”
Academic Medicine in the News
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Residents create education campaign for patients
To decrease the number of women who do not show up for their annual pap-smear or the follow-up visit after abnormal results, three OB/GYN residents at Duke Health have designed an easy-to-read informational flyer, in both English and Spanish, to educate patients about what to expect at each visit. The flyers will be mailed to each patient with their routine reminder letter in advance of their appointments.
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Course teaches trainees how to provide care in developing countries
Indi Trehan, MD, professor of medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, led a two-week global health seminar for medical students, residents, and fellows to prepare them for clinical rotations and careers in developing countries. During the course, trainees practiced diagnosing and treating simulated patients and visited community organizations in St. Louis that help immigrants and refugees.
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Medical students confront health disparities through interactive course
A simulation facilitated by the Capital Area Food Bank gave first-year medical students at Georgetown University School of Medicine an opportunity to experience the varied circumstances surrounding food insecurity in Washington, D.C. In the hands-on simulation, each student was assigned a budget, a family to feed for an entire day, and “stations” to visit, like the SNAP benefits office or a corner store.
