Editor’s Corner: Two Ears, One Mouth
I consider myself blessed to come from a medical family. My parents were physicians who were sweethearts in medical school in Egypt. They had...
Editor’s Corner: Move Over Millennials: Time to Teach Outside the Boundaries
The many meanings and purposes of the word “zoom” and its namesake technology are especially relevant in today’s educational environment. To prepare our educators,...
Editor’s Corner: What’s Your Type?
Each of us remembers moments in our education that have shaped us into who we are. Books we read, lessons we hear, and encounters...
Editor’s Corner: The Zoombie Apocalypse
Last Thursday, due to a calendar snafu, I found myself scheduled for videoconferences continuously from 8 a.m. until after 10 p.m. That meant 14...
Editor’s Corner: What We Do When We Don’t Know What to Do
We are in the middle of a global “Oh, crap” moment. One of those moments when we’re in over our heads, the water keeps...
Editor’s Corner: Caring For Ourselves and Each Other in an Unprecedented Time
During the COVID-19 quarantine, my grandfather, the well-loved patriarch of our large family, passed away. It is difficult to process loss and grief over...
Editor’s Corner: We Will Fly Again!
Travel has always been an important part of medicine, as the need to connect with colleagues in person to collaborate and learn from each...
Editor’s Corner: At World’s End
Just before the first deaths from the SARS-CoV-2 virus were reported in the U.S. and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts declared a state of emergency,...
COVID-19: The Global Disrupter of Medical Education
On January 7, health officials confirmed that cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, which Chinese authorities had notified the World Health Organization about in...
Editor’s Corner: The China Conundrum
As I begin writing this editorial, nanoscience expert Charles Lieber, PhD, Chair of Harvard University’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is sitting in...
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October 2020 Volume 6, Issue 12
This issue examines racism in the U.S. health care system, discusses the FDA's newly loosened blood donation restrictions, and more.