Search results for "Diversity"
Congress' annual rite of passage to health care spending
ACP encourages Congress to consider end-of-year issues more fully, such as ensuring that Medicare payment cuts do not threaten primary care during what seems like an annual rite of passage.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/02/congress-annual-rite-of-passage-to-health-care-spending.htm
1 Feb 2022
Doctors-in-training dealing with discrimination
Between 17% and 95% of medical trainees report mistreatment and discrimination. Strategies can be enacted to combat it.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/discrimination.htm
1 Apr 2017
Fighting COVID-19 vaccine fallacies with facts
This issue addressed COVID-19 vaccination and integrating oral health into primary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/11/fighting-covid-19-vaccine-fallacies-with-facts.htm
1 Nov 2021
Tumors' shared pathways may hold key to cancer cures
The tremendous diversity of genetic alterations in cancer samples leads a governmental senior advisor to look for shared pathways among all tumors for a possible cure.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/03/genomics.htm
1 Mar 2009
A call to action: Align well-being and antiracism strategies
For too many clinicians, racism is a defining component of work culture. Health care organizations should adopt antiracist practices that result in sustained, meaningful change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/a-call-to-action-align-well-being-and-antiracism-strategies.htm
1 Mar 2021
Supreme Court upholds college affirmative action program
ACP weighed in on this issue via an amicus brief with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and 31 other organizations, urging the Court to uphold considerations of race and ethnicity in the medical school admissions process.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/12/5.htm
12 Jul 2016
Regent candidates sought for 2011
The Governance Committee oversees the process for nominating and electing Masters and Fellows of the College to the Board of Regents and is beginning the process of seeking Regents to join the Board in May 2012.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/03/10.htm
3 May 2011
Shaken, but not deterred
Especially during a pandemic, internists are front-line health care physicians.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/05/shaken-but-not-deterred.htm
1 May 2020
Governance Committee seeks Regent candidates for 2014
The Governance Committee oversees the process for nominating and electing Masters and Fellows of the College to the Board of Regents (BOR) and is beginning the process of seeking Regents to join the Board in May 2014.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/04/12.htm
4 Jun 2013
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/2021/07/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Jul 2021