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DEI and the Degradation of Medical Education

As the Trump administration expands its battle to stamp out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ideology by targeting medical schools and hospitals, recent interactions with medical trainees highlighted just how entrenched this ideology has become in the education of doctors. I am a medical faculty member at a major Midwestern medical school and am frequently accompanied by medicalContinue reading “DEI and the Degradation of Medical Education”

Eleven Steps to Help Revitalize the Practice of Medicine

For 30 years I have worked as an academic physician treating patients, teaching trainees of all levels, and conducting research. I find my job tremendously gratifying spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually, which is why it is so painful to watch it decline in front of my eyes. In recent years forces arising from inside and outsideContinue reading “Eleven Steps to Help Revitalize the Practice of Medicine”