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Early career physicians are mentors, mentees
An expert discusses how early career physicians can get involved in mentorship, the difference between mentorship and sponsorship, and how to end a mentorship that isn't working.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/10/early-career-physicians-are-mentors-mentees.htm
1 Oct 2023
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Jun 2022
Minding your P's and M's
In medicine, internists need to mind not just their "P's and Q's" but their "P's and M's," that is, evidence-based practice and evidence-based medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/presidents.htm
1 May 2017
Could drone deliveries help reverse opioid overdoses?
An epiphany led a medical student to consider whether drones could deliver naloxone to the scene of an overdose so a bystander could deliver the drug, even before emergency crews arrive.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/could-drone-deliveries-help-reverse-opioid-overdoses.htm
1 Sep 2020
Latest COVID-19 research looks at plasma, prophylaxis, palliative care, periop risks
The benefit of convalescent plasma is uncertain, and hydroxychloroquine did not appear to work for prophylaxis, according to new studies. Experts offered advice on using palliative care, avoiding surgery, changing residency applications, and understanding antibody testing.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/09/1.htm
9 Jun 2020
Recommendations and research negative on hydroxychloroquine, early testing after exposure
New ACP practice points say not to use chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine alone or in combination with azithromycin for COVID-19 except in trials, and a new study finds that testing for the novel coronavirus is most accurate one to three days after symptom onset.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/19/1.htm
19 May 2020
Internal Medicine Meeting 2022 goes hybrid
It will be the first in-person Internal Medicine Meeting since 2019 in Philadelphia and the first Internal Medicine Meeting held in the Windy City since 1990.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/internal-medicine-meeting-2022-goes-hybrid.htm
1 Mar 2022
An ode to Osler
The influential internist died 100 years ago this December.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/11/an-ode-to-osler.htm
1 Nov 2019
Looking at LARCs in primary care
This issue includes stories on long-acting reversible contraceptives, medications for type 2 diabetes, and issues affecting the elderly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/05/editors-note.htm
1 May 2022
ACP's new EVP/CEO talks burnout prevention, future focus
Darilyn Moyer, MD, FACP, ACP's first female EVP/CEO, addresses her plans for the organization, the evolution of health care, and how her experience will guide her efforts.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/09/moyer.htm
1 Sep 2016