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The New Physician
| MAY-JUNE 2009 |
Volume 58, Number 4 |
features
- DOWNTURN FOR DUAL DEGREES?
- Seeking a nontraditional doctorate to go with your medical degree might seem tenuous in today’s economy. Contributor Jacqueline Duda asks students and experts about factors to consider before undertaking a Ph.D. in the social sciences.
- by Jacqueline M. Duda
- HOLDING THE LINE
- How does training shape medical students’ views of race and class? In the course of med school, burnout and stress can wear down even the most earnest student. But opportunities for growth exist, too—you may just have to find those yourself.
- by Steve Woo
departments
- STAFF NOTE
- Double take
- by Jennifer Karlin
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- An honorable response
- MONITOR
- ACGME talks hours reform. Match rate up, primary care down. FDA commissioners announced.
- by Steve Woo
- MED RX
- Public speaking
- by Udayan K. Shah, M.D.
- ON THE WARDS
- Staffing Inauguration Day
- by Robert Katzer, M.D.
- WELL-BEING
- Empathy vs. survival
- by Christine Chung
- SIDE EFFECTS
- We know cell phones are for mind control. But so are potato chips and doodling.
- by Steve Woo
- CASES OF THE MONTH
- Emergency medicine
by Elsevier
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FOCUS - AMSA NEWSLETTER
- Roundup of AMSA’s 59th Annual Convention in Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
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The New Physician,
AMSA's award-winning magazine, covers the social, ethical and
political issues facing medical education and health care. The
magazine is put together by a professional staff at the national
office and published nine times per year.
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