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Our Acts of Freedom: A Physician-Advocate’s Perspective

by Melissa Palma, MD, MPH

On the morning of January 6, I awoke ecstatic to the news of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff’s predicted wins in the Georgia run-off elections. To be frank, I have become hesitant to hope while inured by the near-daily attacks on civil rights by the Trump administration via executive orders and federal policies. Over the past four years, I witnessed with pride --...

January 29, 2021

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Clinical, Family Medicine, Featured, Health Policy, Opinions

Internalizing Medicine: Starting Intern Year in the Time of COVID

by Keanan McGonigle, MD, MPP

In my home city of Washington, D.C., citizens have taken the changes brought on by COVID-19 very seriously; social distancing, masking and frequent hand hygiene are now routine. These days, I am startled when I see the bottom half of someone’s face out in public. Our homes have become our sanctuaries. In the hospital, however, much of our work continues unabated. Orders are written,...

January 27, 2021

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Clinical, Featured, Intern Year, Internal Medicine

Art & Poetry in Medicine

Selfish

I have a child, two months old / Who needs me, more than you need me. / I hear you crying, but it is her crying.

Clinical, Evidence-Based Medicine, Internal Medicine, Palliative Care

Early Palliative Care and End-of-Life Planning as a Primary Preventative Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has drastically increased the number of critically ill and dying patients presenting for hospitalized management of dyspnea, acute respiratory failure and other serious complications. The...

Clinical, Family Medicine, Featured, Health Policy, Opinions

Our Acts of Freedom: A Physician-Advocate’s Perspective

On the morning of January 6, I awoke ecstatic to the news of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff’s predicted wins in the Georgia run-off elections. To be frank,...

Clinical, Opinions, Psychiatry

A Reflection on Autonomy and Suicide in the Face of Multicultural Religious Beliefs

Above all else, do no harm. This is a basic tenet of a physician’s oath, but this oath does not always align with the religious and cultural beliefs of each...

Clinical, Featured, Intern Year, Internal Medicine

Internalizing Medicine: Starting Intern Year in the Time of COVID

In my home city of Washington, D.C., citizens have taken the changes brought on by COVID-19 very seriously; social distancing, masking and frequent hand hygiene are now routine. These...

Featured, GME, Housestaff Wellness, Opinions

Do Individuals from Low-Income Families Belong in Medicine? (Yes!)

Recently, several attending physicians sparked controversy on Twitter by implying that low-income medical students or trainees should not pursue careers in medicine. While these tweets have since been deleted,...

Featured, Opinions

It Is Right to Leave: Rank List Decisions as a Minoritized Medical Trainee

My fingers tense. Frozen not of my own accord. I want to do this, but I can’t. I need to do this, yet the anxiety grips at my mind...

Editor-in-Chief, Featured

#Top12of2020: in-House 2020 Year in Review

Happy New Year from all of us at in-House! We are proud to announce the in-House Top 12 of 2020, our 12 most-read articles of 2020. Thank you for your readership over the...

Columns, COVID-19: Inside the Global Epicenter

Reflections from the COVID Service — COVID-19: Inside the Global Epicenter

by Dr. Ritu Nahar, MD, internal medicine resident physician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, written for COVID-19: Inside the Global Epicenter: Personal Accounts from NYC Frontline Healthcare Providers by Krutika Parasar...

Featured, Opinions

The Unspoken

I have finally had enough. As a health care provider, COVID-19 brought about a lot of uncertainty and many changes in preparation for what might unfold. But over the...

Columns, Featured, Health Policy, Opinions, The Climate Lens: Physician Perspectives of the Climate Crisis

Physician, Activist — Does One Preclude the Other?

When do you leap into the unknown and venture into the uncomfortable? Is it after methodical deliberation or is it much more abrupt, emboldened by a critical decision? Perhaps...

Art & Poetry in Medicine

For the Love of Medicine

I spent years of my life preparing for you / before I even knew the ways you would make my soul come alive, / How much you would spark my curiosity...