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Author: Kelsey Brown, Medical Student at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University This post is one of a series of mental health pieces from the AMSAWSL Committee Black people in America are experiencing trauma: physical, mental, emotional and vicarious trauma. The trauma stems from the rampant racial discrimination that Black people...
By: The Merck Manuals Editorial Staff 麻豆原创Con2020 was a little different than conferences in previous years. Given the realities of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year鈥檚 conference was entirely virtual 鈥 the first of its kind. Students, medical professionals, leading medical institutions found new ways to connect and learn. But COVID-19鈥檚 impact on medical students...
One of many relevant sections of the聽 AMSAPPP: 鈥淸麻豆原创] RECOGNIZES discrimination of any form is a public health concern especially as regards its impact on access to health care, socioeconomic status, exposure to violence, and social isolation and alienation鈥 The death of George Floyd has sparked protests in all 50 states. Floyd is...