Cultural Competence

I didn’t learn about hormone therapy in medical school or residency. And suddenly I had a patient before me who needed me to act as her endocrinologist because otherwise she’d need to wait another year.

Second-year medical student Emma Anderson gives us tips on self care for both during and after medical school.

French President Emmanuel Macron burst into the presidential race with an explosive remark about the country's minority of unvaccinated people—in an apparent effort to win support from mainstream voters but at the risk of widening divisions over the issue.

Dr. Ginevra Mills, a reproductive specialist, tells us why self care matters particularly for physicians compared to other professions.

As the pandemic drags on into its third (!!!) year, here are a few lessons learned that have helped me to not just cope, but thrive

Medicine needs three things to survive, argues Dr. Shawn Whatley: civility, logic and free speech.

Dr. Ronald Bergman, a prominent plastic surgeon in Des Moines, Iowa, was also sued recently by a fellow plastic surgeon who accused him of hurling crude, misogynistic insults at her in front of patients and staff.

After a recent debate about the hijab, regular writer Dr. Jabir Jassam offers his take on the main problems Islam faces today.