Search results for "Medical Students"
Obituaries
Robert L. Grissom, MACP; James R. Miller, FACP; and Walter L. Henry, Jr., MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/obituaries.htm
1 Jun 2009
Letters to the Editor
Readers tell the College about their fears and hopes for the patient-centered medical home, as others fancifully reimagine how health care could be reconstructed.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/letters.htm
1 Jun 2009
Leadership Day launches new legislation for primary care
ACP members lobby their congressional representatives to plead their case for saving primary care, as well as introduce the “Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009,â€ï¿½ which proposes incentives to pay for care coordination and medical education.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/leadership.htm
1 Jul 2009
Rethinking the value of the annual exam
Patients expect it and internists won't let it go. But does the evidence support the need for the periodic health exam? Experts weigh in on the value of regularly seeing a patient on a preventive basis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/annual.htm
1 Jan 2010
A better Board of Regents for a better health care system
ACP's Board of Regents will reorganize to meet the future needs of the organization.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/presidents.htm
1 Jan 2010
Med schools promoting care for underserved
To encourage primary care careers, medical schools are offering students shortened specialty rotations in favor of fast-track graduation, half-tuition forgiveness and having students follow patients wherever they go in the health system. Different teaching models emphasize continuity of care over snapshots of diagnoses, and place students in the clinics where they can fulfill the nation's need for rural care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/education.htm
1 Feb 2010
Army physicians on the front line of infectious disease research
Walter Reed's infectious disease unit travels the globe to identify and combat the world's deadliest infectious diseases. Driven to find vaccines that protect troops stationed overseas, the work quickly benefits civilian populations, too.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/army.htm
1 Feb 2010
What's next for breast cancer screening?
Mammography screening guidelines by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force set off a firestorm of controversy. But now that the flames have subsided, doctors need to know what to tell their patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/editors.htm
1 Feb 2010
Physicians and social media: Debating where to draw the line
Blogging doctors have a powerful megaphone and a new way to interact with their patients. But mishandling this tool, or misusing Twitter or Facebook, can blur the patient-physician divide or place the relationship at risk. Some of the internet's most famous physicians log in to discuss the pros and cons of social media.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/social.htm
1 Mar 2010
IMIG program announces top five schools
The 2009 ACP IMIG program announces the top five schools with the highest recruitment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/imig.htm
1 Mar 2010