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If you participated in the NRMP Match, the first thing you should do immediately following Match Week—before you start thinking about preparing for residency—is congratulate yourself. You have put in a lot of time and effort to reach your career goals, and taking a brief pause to give yourself positive encouragement is important.
Aldwin Soumare knows the impact he can make not only in the black community, but in the health profession overall. As a fourth-year osteopathic medical student, he looks forward to helping his future patients understand the importance of treating the whole person and not just the symptoms of disease. “Where I am from, you are … Read More
Welcome back to The DO Book Club! This month, I reviewed Black Man in a White Coat by Damon Tweedy, MD (Picador, 2015, 294 pp.).
I know, I know … it sounds a bit paradoxical to tell physicians to start their careers with sound financial decisions when they just voluntarily sacrificed more than a decade of earning power in training while borrowing hundreds of thousands of dollars to enter a field with increasing regulation, a compensation bubble about to burst … Read More
A 21-year-old man presented to the Emergency Department (ED) in September 2021 with the complaint of bleeding from his gums and lips. The patient was recently clinically diagnosed with strep throat and prescribed a 5-day course of Azithromycin. On day 5 of the treatment course, he noticed blister-like lesions filled with blood forming in his … Read More
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has reopened the reporting time for recipients of Period 1 Provider Relief Funds. Physicians who received more than $10,000 in provider relief funds and failed to submit their period 1 report should act immediately. Between Monday, April 11 and 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, April 22, 2022 providers … Read More
The Utah State Legislature recently passed state graduate medical education (GME) legislation that will provide state funding to create new, and expand existing, medical residency programs in Utah. Spearheaded by John J. Dougherty, DO, founding dean and chief academic officer of the Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine (Noorda-COM) in Provo, Utah, the legislation includes a provision to … Read More
This article is from the April 2022 issue of the Looking Forward BEL newsletter. Spring brings new changes and challenges, with medical students getting ready to begin rotations, graduations fast approaching, and many new physicians preparing for their next practice. Members of the AOA Bureau of Emerging Leaders provide the following tips to help you navigate … Read More
This article is from the April 2022 issue of the Looking Forward BEL newsletter. If you’re like me, the thought of tackling student loans and loan repayment is a waking nightmare. There are too many details and possibilities to be explored and, like a deer in the headlights, freezing seems like an acceptable option at … Read More