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Improving health care for Hispanic patients
September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to reflect on the contributions Hispanic Americans have made to the U.S. culture and economy. According to the latest statistics, there are roughly 62 million Hispanics living in the United States.
Raising awareness of depressed physicians in honor of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Ionce told a fellow physician who was suicidal to go to the ER and that there was nothing I could do. I was on call. I was also burned out and depressed, though I didn’t know it at the time. My immediate thought in that moment was “Why would a doctor be depressed and suicidal?” … Read More
Response to “Further insight on AOA ophthalmology residency program closure data”
We appreciate the response from the authors regarding our publication on former American Osteopathic Association (AOA)-accredited ophthalmology and otolaryngology programs and their transition to the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). We agree that financial factors likely influenced individual graduate medical education (GME) institutions’ decision to pursue accreditation of a particular specialty program over … Read More
Further insight on AOA ophthalmology residency program closure data
We read Ahmed et al.’s recent article “AOA Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Program Closures as a Model to Highlight Challenges of Maintaining GME in High Need Areas” with great interest and congratulate them on their publication. They found that previously accredited AOA ophthalmology and otolaryngology residency programs were less likely to obtain ACGME accreditation (47 and … Read More
Executive director for Idaho and Kentucky osteopathic associations receives the Bob E. Jones, CAE Award
The 2022 recipient of the AOA’s Bob E. Jones, CAE Award is Suzanne Frederick, MSN, executive director of the Idaho Osteopathic Physicians Association and the Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association in recognition of her leadership and tremendous contributions toward advancing osteopathic medicine.
What I learned from my medical mission trip to help Ukrainian refugees in April
On April 1, 2022, as a third-year osteopathic medical student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, our team from Global Hands arrived in Poland with the sole aim of providing care to Ukrainian refugees on a two-week medical mission trip. Since my return, I have had an opportunity to reflect on my experience and on … Read More
