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A female surgeon ties her scrub cap in the operating room.

Gender Bias in the OR Is a Hazard to Patient Safety

Conflict and toxicity can make teams more prone to errors

A Tulane University School of Medicine sticker on the glass facade of the building.

Tulane's Graduate Medical Education Programs Put on Probation

Decision follows public outrage over alleged racism and gender discrimination at the university

An abstract illustration of two people hugging.

Empathy: The Most Critical Skill in Medicine

Caring for a patient means putting yourself in their shoes

A small black mortar board cap sitting on several $100 bills.

Scholarship Tips for Med Students

8 ways to help fund tuition

A transgender woman in a pink robe with her head wrapped in a towel wipes the steam off of a mirror in the bathroom.

What's Driving Eating Disorders in Trans Patients?

Proper care begins with understanding

A group of medical students in a lecture hall listen to an unseen professor.

Do We Really Need a Fourth Year of Med School?

Student perspectives from the pandemic point to the benefits of restructuring medical education

A computer rendering of a silhouetted man pushing a boulder up a hill.

Could This Personality Type Crush Burnout for Surgical Residents?

And could residency programs use it as a screening tool?

A mature surgeon claps the back of his younger colleague as they walk down a hospital hallway.

How to Have an Outstanding Mentor Relationship

Five ways to make a difference in someone's career

Police tape across a room in a hospital ICU.

Emergency Departments Are a Dangerous Workplace

Recollections "poignant and often chilling"

A young male doctor in scrubs sits in a hospital hallway.

Dear New Residents, You Will Make Mistakes

And other reflections from a chief resident

A still of surgeon Jess Ting, MD, meeting with a patient from the documentary 鈥淏orn to Be鈥�

Gender-Affirming Surgical Fellowships Gaining Steam in the U.S.

Since 2017, number of programs offering multidisciplinary training has grown from one to eight

A collection of various USMLE Step 3 study guides

It's Time to End the USMLE Step 3 Exam

It's a redundant and harmful entity on the path of medical education

AMA over a grid of doctors faces of various genders and ethnicities.

Medical Residents Need Better Working Conditions, AMA Delegates Say

More access needed to healthy food, child care

People wearing protective masks form a tight line outside of a health clinic in Chetla, Kolkata India.

3,000 Indian Doctors Who Quit COVID Front Lines Are Back on the Job

Week-long strike ends with pay raise; doctors resigned when court ordered them back to work

A stern looking mature male physician making the stop gesture with his right hand

Op-Ed: Down With the Gatekeepers of Medicine

Educators should be mentors, rather than weeding out those they deem unfit

A YouTube video thumbnail with Rohin Francis, MBBS, Jimmy Kimmel and the words: The Patient IS NOT THE PUNCHLINE

Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines

A "cringe-inducing" public service announcement with doctors and nurses

A photo of Amani Jambhekar, MD, MBA

Op-Ed: 'Yes, I Am the Surgeon,' She Said

Growing recognition of women as surgeons starts with changes in healthcare systems

A photo of Robert Pearl, MD and the cover of his book Uncaring

The Problem With Prestige

An excerpt from "Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients"

A wizened female physician leans against a window in the sunlight

The Life Cycle of Emotion in Medicine

Perspectives change throughout a career

A photo of the exterior of Indiana University Health hospital next to a selfie Susan Moore took from her hospital bed.

Review ID's Racism During Care of Black Doctor Who Died of COVID

"Lack of empathy, compassion, and awareness of implicit racial bias," external review concludes

SCAI over several views of left and right coronary angiography

Cath Lab Team 'Not Off the Hook' for Racial Disparities in Medicine

Interventional cardiology leader suggests concrete actions for colleagues

A close up of a syringe laying in the palm of the hand of a man overdosing

Op-Ed: Addiction Is Killing Our Families

Closing treatment knowledge gaps can help

A patient鈥檚 eye view of a team of surgeons in the operating room discuss the procedure

Op-Ed: How to Teach in the OR

Sometimes, you have to "use the force"

Two young doctors chat as they walk up stairs of a hospital

Op-Ed: We're Kind to Our Patients, Why Not Each Other?

There's a dire need for peer support programs in medical training

A mature female physician talks to a young female resident in a hospital

Op-Ed: Compassion Goes a Long Way in Medical Education

Every trainee deserves a "Hillary"

A mature male physician and his mature male patient share a laugh

Op-Ed: Be the One to Uplift Your Patients

It's not how much you know, but how much you care

A disgruntled mans face on a ping pong ball on an orange paddle held by a doctor

Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong

Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us

MATCH DAY 2021 over a series of charts and graphs

Residency Matching Rates Down This Year

Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records

A photo of Adam Litwin, MD

He Impersonated a Doctor. Now He's Close to Becoming One

But can he clear the last hurdle?

A photo of Christopher Veal

Back From the Brink, Med Student's Plea Brings Promise of Change

He had a suicide plan. Now, he hopes to start a long-needed movement

A man in scrubs naps on a gurney in a hospital hallway.

Op-Ed: Stop Ignoring Our Parallel Pandemic

Biden's COVID-19 task force must take action to prevent clinician burnout

A female physician with her mature female patient puts on her stethoscope

ACC Report: Cardiac Care Better Woman-to-Woman

Group suggests rethink of cardiology culture and medical education

A photo the Tulane University School of Medicine next to a photo of Princess Dennar, MD

Tulane Residency Director Removed After Filing Racial Discrimination Suit

Lawsuit alleges a decade of race and gender-discriminatory behaviors

A BLACK HISTORY MONTH graphic

Recognizing Medical Contributions by Africans and Black Americans

From early inoculations to modern medical devices

An Occupational English Test graphic

International Medical Grads Blast New Testing Procedures

New English proficiency exam may be a stumbling block to matching for international students

Three USMLE STEP 2 study guide covers

USMLE Step 2 CS Cancelled Permanently

Medical licensing authorities looking for "innovative ways to assess clinical skills"

A young Black female doctor holds a stethoscope up

Recruitment Strategy Increases Cardiology Fellow Diversity

Intervention made women and minorities the majority, with no change in standards

Surgeons practice on a surgical dummy

Op-Ed: Gym for Surgeons?

To perform like athletes, surgeons need to train like athletes

A group of young medical interns walk down a hospital corridor

Op-Ed: Reform Residency but Don鈥檛 Ask for Pity

Remember, we're lucky to be doctors

The YouTube thumbnail for this video with Mikhail Varshavski and Devin Stone in making fists and the words LAWYER VS DOCTOR

Med School vs Law School: Which Is Harder?

Doctor and lawyer face off

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