Search results for "Careers"
Managing money for medical school
Medical students can expect to pay a median four-year bill of $250,222 for public and $330,180 for private education.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/02/managing-money-for-medical-school.htm
1 Feb 2019
Chapter awardees announced
In recognition of their outstanding service, these exceptional individuals received chapter awards in the spring of 2018.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/03/chapter-awardees-announced.htm
1 Mar 2018
What's in an eponym? Discussing namesake diseases
Where do medical eponyms come from? Consider their origins, the reasons why they've fallen out of favor, and why some still, against the odds, endure.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/whats-in-an-eponym-discussing-namesake-diseases.htm
1 Mar 2021
ACP's international presence promotes better clinical care
The American College of Physicians has a significant international presence, with 19 international chapters.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/02/presidents.htm
1 Feb 2017
Narrative medicine seeks the story behind the illness
Narrative medicine puts the humanities and the arts in the service of health care not just to cure patients, but to make sure they are not all alone in their illness.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/narrative-medicine-seeks-the-story-behind-the-illness.htm
1 Oct 2020
‘Wearables' warrant wary expectations
Medical-grade wearable technology will be a $24 billion market by 2022, and the market is predicted to shift from recreational use toward disease diagnosis and management.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/07/wearables-warrant-wary-expectations.htm
1 Jul 2018
Osler, expertise, and phronesis personified
From residency onward throughout a physician's career, becoming a diagnostician requires the ability to distinguish important clues or details from those that are not as pertinent to the situation at hand, a slowly developed skill that ultimately is recognized as an “expertise.”
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/osler-expertise-and-phronesis-personified.htm
1 Oct 2019
ACP renames Associates and Young Physicians membership groups
In November 2012, the Board of Regents approved recommendations supported by the Councils of Associates and Young Physicians to change their names and references to their membership groups to Resident/Fellow Members and Early Career Physicians, respectively.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/26/7.htm
26 Mar 2013
A call to action: Align well-being and antiracism strategies
For too many clinicians, racism is a defining component of work culture. Health care organizations should adopt antiracist practices that result in sustained, meaningful change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/a-call-to-action-align-well-being-and-antiracism-strategies.htm
1 Mar 2021
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
The May issue of ACP Internist features stories on drug shortages, early recruitment for health careers, bed bugs, and more.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/01/8.htm
1 May 2012