By Shani Muhammad, MD A 2021 report (From Crisis to Opportunity: Reforming Our Nation’s Policies to Help All Children Grow Up Healthy) released by a special project of the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation highlights a growing problem Family Physicians are facing in our practices: Childhood Obesity. This report, which highlights that now 1 in […]
By Sarah McNeil, MD I recently listened to the audiobook, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay, which was transformative for me in many ways. I believe that as family doctors, we all need to spend more time thinking about how patients living with obesity present to our offices and navigate the medical system. […]
By Karen Muchowski, MD, FAAFP I’d love to share information with you about an epidemiologist, Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor with the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health and her fantastic blog: YLE -Your Local Epidemiologist. It is free (although […]
Hello! My name is Eri Solomon from Jamaica Plain, MA. I am a community organizing professional working to advance equitable economic justice policies and initiatives in the state of Massachusetts. I am sharing my story with you today because I am also a person in long-term recovery from a substance use disorder, as well as […]
By Laura Murphy, DO The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report in May titled, “Implementing High Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care”. In the report the committee outlines an implementation plan on how to achieve high quality primary care (HQPC) through 5 main objectives: Pay for primary care […]
Burnout: Not another prescription for self-care By Shayne Poulin, MD Burnout, a plague within the medical system long before the pandemic arrived. Most of us have faced some version of burnout or moral injury within the last year. I found my usual coping techniques were no match for the avalanche of stressors associated with 2020. […]
By Monica Hahn, MD, MPH, MS, AAHIVS, CAFP’s 2021 Educator of the Year As you may be aware, a national movement to challenge structural racism in medicine is gaining momentum. At my home institution, SF General Hospital, race-based eGFR reporting was eliminated in 2019. In 2020, following a successful petition effort, we were able to […]
Show and Tell by Adia Scrubb, MD, MPP Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma-informed care (TIC) are on our minds these days. It’s in the news, it’s shaping healthcare policy, and it’s even more relevant during this devastating global pandemic while our patients suffer such dramatic impacts to their lives. What’s more, the usual social […]
Show and Tell by Fari Valji, MD A patient, let’s say “John,” I saw in Behavioral Health Clinic for non-specific food aversion and anxiety and whose labs and imaging were fine walked into my exam room the next day. He was symptomatically improved but hadn’t eaten solid food in a week. Not knowing where to […]
