What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine

What’s New: A Preview of the January Issue The January issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org. Highlights from the issue include: A Free-Market Approach to the Match: A Proposal Whose Time Has Not Yet Come Arnold and colleagues respond to Ray and colleagues’ proposal for a free-market approach to the Match, examining the reasons given and exploring the implications and likelihood of success. Teaching the Social Determinants of Health: A Path to Equity or a Road to Nowhere? The link between teaching about social determinants of health and seeing future physicians act to improve health equity is questioned. Sharma and colleagues advocate structural/cultural transformation for social responsibility. Recruiting American Indian/Alaska Native Students to Medical School: A Multi-Institutional Alliance in the U.S. Southwest American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals have the least representation in the physician workforce. Ballejos and colleagues describe an annual two-day pre-admissions workshop to prepare AI/AN students for applying to medical school. Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patient Experiences at a Family Medicine Clinic Hinrichs and colleagues find that interviews with patients who are transgender or gender nonconforming reveal a great need for culturally competent, respectful, patient-centered care—both for primary care and gender-related health issues. The Road to Rural Primary Care: A Narrat...
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