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HOD and sections meetings have concluded. Get the latest on what happened.

President Susan R. Bailey, MD, address at the November 2020 Special Meeting of the HOD

James L. Madara, MD, address at the November 2020 Special Meeting of the HOD

Read about resolutions adopted and more highlights from the November meeting

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Physician Health

Patient bias toward medical residents: How common is it?

Nearly all medical residents experience or witness bias from patients. The forms it takes and how frequently it is experienced varies, new research shows.
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Private Practices

COVID-19 has made it worse for already struggling private practices

Private physician practices continue to face challenges driven by administrative burdens. Here is what needs to be done to improve practice sustainability.
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Accelerating Change in Medical Education

New competency focus involves structural factors in health

Understanding systems-level forces is crucial to making health care work for patients. Some medical schools are coming around to the idea.
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Population Care

Why stigma prevents treating menstrual hygiene as essential

Lifetime costs for tampons add up to nearly $2,000. Learn what medical students and doctors can do to fight the harmful effects of “period poverty.”
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Health Equity

Race-based medicine is wrong. How should physicians oppose it?

Race is a social construct, not a biological or genetic category. Learn how to help dismantle practices based on the false idea of racial essentialism.

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