
Medicine Where it Matters
Medical students … need to build out reality-based curricula that equip future physicians to provide trauma-informed, harm-reductionist care. Patients need to be addressed in their context. Perhaps to...
6 Feb 20236min

The Sound of My Voice
On this remarkable day, however, it was clear. This woman knew who I was, months later and from only the sound of my voice, proving to me for the first time how our small actions can have a large impa...
30 Jan 20235min

Seeing Color
As faculty, we are called to instruct and mentor students. And yet ... B, my colleagues, and friends of color have taught me lessons of far greater importance. Sara B. Police, assistant professor and ...
23 Jan 20234min

Learning Curve
My experience that night in the ICU was the wake-up call I needed. It was a reminder to shift my priorities back to the patient. It was a reminder that my job was more than check boxes and administrat...
16 Jan 20233min

She Served Him Well
She is a strong woman. The strongest woman I've probably ever met. Her strength is in her joyful spirit and the kindness she exudes to everyone she meets…. She is my mother, and she has been quite the...
9 Jan 20233min

As the Sun Sets
When I think back on my career thus far, I do not remember the shifts that I left early or the days when everything went perfectly. But when Willie Nelson comes on over the radio, I can close my eyes ...
2 Jan 20234min

Writing Effectively and Navigating the Publication Process: Advice from the Editors of Academic Medicine
The editors of Academic Medicine share their advice for authors submitting their scholarship for publication and describe what they look for when they're reviewing submissions. Also included are resou...
19 Des 202230min

The Light
What I do know is in the desert of the Middle East I learned that the right decision isn't always the easiest or most appealing. Our patients don't need our judgment; they need our help. Medical stude...
12 Des 20224min




















