November 2009, Volume 58, Number 8
November cover image takes a nostalgic look at a classroom that predates complex grading systems.
Physicians have made great fodder for TV programming for decades. Associate editor Steve Woo looks at why medicine makes great entertainment, and how the fiction affects you.
Despite the prevalence of the procedure, medical school training on abortion is scarce. Students may have to seek their own routes, either through allies outside the school or curriculum change.
In an effort to promote teamwork and reduce competition, pass-fail grading systems are in place at nearly a third of medical schools. But as some of those systems pile on more grading intervals, has “satisfactory” become the new “C”?
Have a letter to the editor or an article you'd like to submit? General comments on how we're doing?
By Pete Thomson, TNP Editor
Foster discussion
Harvard rolls back media rules. Wright State rolls out tactical medicine. Careless Internet behavior.
By Steven Lowenstein, M.D.
Professionalism among faculty
By Kirsten Ware
Stay sane
By Saad Mahmood
The orphan’s story
By Elsevier
Step prep
Your brain is to zombies as fast food is to your brain