Medscape Blogs - Yash Shah

• Student Involvement in Medical School Admissions of a New Class Medical students often play a central role in admissions. This responsibility can greatly benefit institutions, students, and applicants alike and should be expanded to improve medical education.
  Medscape Blogs, September 20, 2022
• Disparities in Monkeypox Show Missed Opportunities Monkeypox cases continue to increase across the country, and there remains great uncertainty about the future of this new public health crisis. Lessons from COVID could have prevented this crisis.
  Medscape Blogs, August 31, 2022
• Another Public Health Crisis Originating From Gun Violence Mass shootings have become increasingly common in American society, taking countless lives and scarring communities. Mental health is another casualty of this public health epidemic.
  Medscape Blogs, June 27, 2022
• What COVID Showed Us About Medical Student Finances The pandemic has affected nearly everyone's personal finances, with the impact on medical students having the potential to exacerbate existing healthcare disparities for society at large.
  Medscape Blogs, June 03, 2022
• Health Quality: Protecting Patients and Clinicians From Medical Errors Medical errors take thousands of lives annually while imposing exorbitant economic costs. Designing more effective and human-centered approaches can improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
  Medscape Blogs, April 20, 2022
• Going Virtual, Both in Class and the Clinic COVID-19 has yielded advances in our telemedicine services for patients. It is important that we prepare the future generation of physicians to provide optimal care via this new platform.
  Medscape Blogs, March 25, 2022
• Antibiotic Resistance: A COVID-19 Crisis We will eventually emerge from COVID-19, or at least achieve a sense of post-pandemic normalcy, but we must ensure that the pandemic does not pave the way for other infectious agents.
  Medscape Blogs, March 11, 2022
• The Hidden Dangers of a Medical Career The pandemic ignited a rise in occupational violence to healthcare workers. Posing dangers to practitioners and patients, the violence is also a warning to future docs about the hazards of medicine.
  Medscape Blogs, February 25, 2022
• Patients Are Often the Best Instructors in Medical School Interactions between patients and medical students often provide some of the most memorable and educational experiences. Patients offer perspectives that help future physicians develop their skills.
  Medscape Blogs, February 02, 2022
• The Value of Leadership Education in Medical School Leadership education can help future physicians learn about the role of doctors away from the patient's bedside. This role can advance care on a systemic level to improve outcomes.
  Medscape Blogs, January 19, 2022
• The Value of Clinical Experiences Early in Medical School Medical schools traditionally focused on providing students an intensive science foundation during the preclinical years. Integrating earlier clinical experiences benefits students and their patients.
  Medscape Blogs, January 05, 2022
• Bringing Arts Back to the Art of Medicine Medical schools have recently been combining humanities with their science-based education to develop in future docs a humanistic and compassionate approach to patient care.
  Medscape Blogs, December 16, 2021