This is an extremely unique time to be a medical student. COVID-19 has changed the landscape of what medical education looked like over this past semester, and it promises to continue to change what it looks like going forward. First and second-year medical students had to transition to a largely online curriculum and I can’t […]
Prime Role of Primary Care in HIV Management
When I traditionally conceive of effectively combating the global HIV epidemic, my mind turns immediately to the infectious disease doctors who dominated the early response to the crisis. After doing this set of readings, I am increasingly aware of the rising and essential role in primary care in HIV treatment and management. Obvious evidence for […]
Importance of Considering Financial Toxicity
Health systems must work not only to protect a patient’s corporeal health but their financial health as well. In the United States, bankruptcies related to healthcare are the top cause of such filings and in 2011 about a third of U.S. families were either struggling to pay medical bills or defaulting on their payments. Logically, […]
