Medical Students Perspective

• The Delta Variant in Schools: Is Rapid Testing the Answer?   The Delta variant is highly transmissible, with the CDC likening its infectiousness to that of chicken pox. Will we find a way to safely return children to school this fall?
  Medscape, August 04, 2021
• COVID Vaccine Mandates: How Strong Is Too Strong?   Bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, and a panel discuss the negative effects of strong mandates on healthcare workers to get COVID-19 vaccination.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 04, 2021
• Oncologists Face Nightmares Every Day With Prior Authorization An oncologist describes the frustration of having insurance companies deny tests and drugs that he has ordered: "A part of every day is spent worrying."
  Medscape Oncology, August 04, 2021
• It's Time for All Physicians to Have a National Medical License A physician says we need a national licensing system for doctors; it will help physicians, patients, and healthcare costs.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 04, 2021
• Physicians Need to Unionize Now Complaining about the loss of physician autonomy isn't going to change anything. We need to unionize, argues this doctor.
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 04, 2021
• Simplifying COVID Immunology, One Metaphor at a Time   With tales of Post-it Notes and fire trucks, Shane Crotty explains COVID immunology and vaccine responses for scientists and nonscientists alike.
  Medscape, August 03, 2021
• Keeping Kids Under 12 Safe From COVID-19   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Paul Offit, MD, Director of the Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, about keeping children under the age of 12 safe from COVID-19.
  WebMD, August 03, 2021
• Should COVID Vaccinations Be Mandatory for Healthcare Workers?   Bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, hosts a panel conversation on whether it's possible to balance patient safety against the risk of alienating and losing your workforce.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 03, 2021
• Reckoning With America's Alarming Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Psychiatrist Lorenzo Norris, MD, on the urgent mental health crisis presented by racism and hate directed at Asian American communities.
  Medscape Psychiatry, August 02, 2021
• Managing Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: New Guidelines and Drugs   Cardiologist Christopher DeSimone speaks with Steve Ommen about new AHA/ACC guidelines, emerging treatments, and the importance of focused HCM care.
  Mayo Clinic, August 02, 2021
• Is There a Perfect Time to Have Children in Residency? Having children during medical training is tough, but a new policy from ABMS may make things a little easier.
  Medscape Blogs, August 02, 2021
• Physicians Behaving Badly: Has It Gotten Worse? Many incidents of physicians behaving inappropriately have become public recently. We surveyed over 2000 doctors to see how serious this is, and how it affects the medical profession.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 30, 2021
• Delivering COVID-19 Vaccines to Hesitant Communities   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, Director, Vaccine Programs, Kedren Health, South Los Angeles, about delivering COVID-19 vaccines to hesitant communities.
  WebMD, July 30, 2021
• Five Things to Know about Point-of-Care Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-care testing is performed at or near where the patient specimen is collected. If your organization performs POC testing for COVID-19, here's what you need to know.
  CDC Expert Commentary, July 30, 2021
• Politics Trumping Science Is Increasingly Disheartening As political parties battle across America over COVID health policy, one ID specialist feels helpless -- and her frustration is growing.
  Medscape Blogs, July 30, 2021
• 5 Tips for Feeling Less Guilt When Calling Out Sick Do physicians and other medical professionals get sick? Yes, we do. Then why do we feel guilty about calling out? Here are tips on how to handle it and stay guilt free.
  Medscape Blogs, July 30, 2021
• Elite Athletes and COVID's Mental Health Tolls The lead-up to this summer's Olympics has highlighted the unique stresses on the world's best athletes, and the resilience they've shown in battling through them.
  Medscape Psychiatry, July 29, 2021
• IRIS in HIV: 'Why Is My Patient Getting Worse?' Dr James Brust discusses why some patients experience immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, a disease- or pathogen-specific immune response that can mimic an active opportunistic infection.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, July 29, 2021
• A Case for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination in College Students A return to in-person learning is within reach , but universities and colleges can become hot spots. Should COVID-19 vaccination be mandatory for in-person learning?
  Medscape Blogs, July 29, 2021
• Are You Protected Against the Delta Variant?   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Eric Topol, MD, Executive VP, Scripps Research & Editor-in-Chief, Medscape, about the COVID-19 Delta variant.
  WebMD, July 28, 2021