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Here's a Better Solution to the MD vs. NPP Debate
Outdated professional requirements are holding back medicine. It's time to make competence the focus of education, training, and licensing for all clinicians.
Chad Swanson
Emergency Medicine
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Here's a Better Solution to the MD vs. NPP DebateOutdated professional requirements are holding back medicine. It's time to make competence the focus of education, training, and licensing for all clinicians. Chad Swanson
Emergency Medicine
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I Rejected This Common Piece of Burnout Advice and Became a Happier Doctor"Just go part time” was the suggestion I kept hearing, but it's not a magic bullet for burned-out physicians. Here's what's actually essential for overcoming burnout — whether or not you work less.
Santina Wheat
Academic Family Medicine
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AI Agents Should Be Trained Like Medical StudentsAI agents can and should play a role in delivering clinical care, but they need to be trained first. Fortunately, the right training method is one we're already using, argues one ER doctor. 
Rishi Khakhkhar
Emergency Medicine
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Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust Doctors Anymore?In light of RFK Jr.’s confirmation, it’s time for doctors to ask why we’ve lost the trust of the public — and what we can do to gain it back.
Graham Walker
Emergency Medicine
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Here's How I Found My Dream Job in Medicine After Quitting ResidencyA physician in Israel who charted an unconventional career path argues that a lack of creativity in medicine is holding the field back.
Stav Devons-Sberro
Public Health & Digital Medicine / AI in Healthcare
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What Doctors Really Think About the Rise of NPs and PAsThe expansion of NPPs’ roles and licenses in our healthcare system may compromise patient safety and dilute the quality of care that patients receive from our healthcare system. Graham Walker
Emergency Medicine
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Prior Authorization: A Harmful and Insulting Barrier to Accessing Care in AmericaPrior authorization is deeply flawed process. It reduces physician autonomy, increases administrative work, and leads to financial and emotional stress for patients. So what can we do about it? Graham Walker
Emergency Medicine
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The Unseen Challenges of Physician CompensationOne of the biggest misconceptions people have about doctors: that we are uniformly wealthy and have nothing to worry about as it relates to money.
Graham Walker
Emergency Medicine
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