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 […]
Learning at the Front Lines
This past month, I was rotating through a primary care pediatrics clinic. This was my first “real” experience with primary care. While I did shadow a physician in community internal medicine as a first-year student, I didn’t yet have the clinical decision-making skills by which to critically evaluate my experience. And so, this month has been […]
