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Doctors’ Longevity Benefits Don’t Apply to Everyone

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It’s well known that there are longevity advantages to higher education and income, however a recent study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers Christopher M. Worsham, MD, MPH, and Anupam “Bapu” Jena, MD, PhD demonstrated that female physicians don’t reap those benefits. Neither do Black doctors. 

Black women physicians were shown to have the highest mortality rate in the profession.

A recent AAMC article reporting on the study also touches on other gender inequities, including female physicians’ excessive burnout and home responsibilities, experience of sexual harassment, likelihood to quit medicine, as well as their lower pay. 

Check out the AAMC piece with more details here.

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For Those Seeking Postbaccalaureate Program Info

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Over the years, I have strongly recommended the AAMC database for those applicants seeking postbaccalaureate programs. On the left you can filter by public or private, undergraduate or graduate, and special focus. Importantly, for the latter, distinguishing whether you need a career changer or academic record enhancer program is critical.

Here’s some additional information from the AAMC regarding postbaccalaureate programs – what to look for, how the curriculum prepares students for medical school, etc. 

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Federal Cuts are Forcing Academic Medicine into an Existential Mess

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I was in Boston last week for my 30th Harvard Medical School reunion. I thought it would be fun, but it was even better than I expected.

Unfortunately, the festivities were marred by a black cloud of current and threatened federal cuts to academic medicine. Harvard, in particular, is getting hit hard, but my classmates were recounting the difficulties they are facing at their current, respective institutions – Harvard and others. 

The AAMC has done a good job offering specific examples of the damage in their recent piece “The Impact of Federal Actions on Academic Medicine and the US Health Care System.” Read it and weep. 

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Will Scientific Research Cuts Lead to Increased Medical School Applications?

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The AAMC recently posted a piece by Bridget Balch about how rescinded offers and smaller PhD cohorts might have long-term consequences for biomedical science. In addition to withdrawn offers, for some PhD applicants, the research funding chaos has led to increased rejection rates and delayed decisions regarding admissions. Programming for science graduate students from underrepresented minorities has also been hit.

I just heard about an acquaintance’s son who will be changing his plans from getting a PhD to applying to medical school, as he sees being a doctor as a more secure career path. I wonder if an unintended consequence of the cuts in scientific research will mean an increased number of students applying to medical school in the next few cycles. Only time will tell.

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Funky Away Rotations

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The AAMC’s Stacy Weiner recently wrote a piece on creative away clerkships, highlighting interesting medical school rotations, including those in wilderness medicine, Emergency Medical Services, and autopsy medicine. See her piece here. Of note, international rotations are also a fantastic opportunity to explore something new for a manageable amount of time. In medical school and residency, my husband traveled to Kenya, China, Bali, and Argentina for rotations and other medical opportunities. He also spent six weeks in Santa Rosa, California for a family medicine rotation, living in a double-wide trailer with other medical students. (He describes it as “paradise.”)

Whether you’re interested in doing an “audition” rotation or something more unusual, it’s worth starting with the Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLOs) website/database here.

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About Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital. She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more

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