By Zahra Muhsin From 2016 to 2024, students took the SAT exam to satisfy the Illinois High School graduation requirement. Initially a paper exam, then phasing into the Digital SAT in 2023, students across the state have adjusted to the … Continue reading
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Identity in Medicine: Proud Medicine
Identity in medicine transcends the conventional notion of verifying credentials and authorizations. It encompasses the multifaceted identities that medical professionals bring into their practice, shaped by their characteristics, relationships, experiences, and the broader social and cultural context. For LGBTQ medical … Continue reading
The Case for Disruption
By Zahra Muhsin In Martin Luther King Jr’s writing from Birmingham Jail, he cautioned against more devotion to ‘order’ than to justice. He warned against those who preferred “a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive … Continue reading
The Great Resignation: Recalibrating in Medical Education and Health Care
by Julie M. Hau, Ph.D., and Loren Deutsch, MA, MEd, LCSW During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Great Resignation rippled through the U.S., and approximately one in five healthcare workers quit their jobs (Yong, 2021). According to the International Journal … Continue reading