by Ben Wilson Open a new browser tab and check your favorite weather forecast website or app. Right now. How many days in the future does it go? Seven? Maybe even 10? Look at the current forecast for the 7th day out from today. Do you trust it to accurately predict the weather for that … More The Whole is More than the Sum of Its Parts: Chaos Theory and Family Medicine
by Richard Backman One of my responsibilities as an academic family physician is educating learners in the clinical setting. I help them move from classroom theory to real world application of the medical knowledge learners have acquired to implementing that knowledge in caring for patients. I am very fortunate in that I work with different … More Learners in the Outpatient Setting
by Charles White Some may call what I have recently done a mid-life crisis. It all started about two years ago. While attending my ten year residency class reunion, I again recalled some of the experiences that I enjoyed during residency. Many of my classmates were now teaching at the residency program from which we … More My Mid-Life Crisis
by Steve Alder The continued emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases is in stark contrast to the optimism that existed a few decades ago as we saw great leaps forward in our preventive and therapeutic measures against the morbidity and mortality caused by these agents. 2014 is turning out to be a banner year for … More How to Discuss Ebola and Enterovirus with your Patients
by Kyle Patton While there is only currently one known case of Ebola virus transmission outside of West Africa, the Harvard School of Public Health recently released a poll showing that four out of ten adults in this country are concerned that there will be a large scale outbreak at some point in the future … More What You Need to Know about Ebola
by German Ellsworth, MPH; Clinton Wadley, BS; Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH; and Jessica Greenwood, MD, MSPH Many physicians attain graduate public health as a component of their careers. The decision to pursue higher education in public health is varied and often uniquely personal. However, whether they recognize it or not, those who achieve a public … More What Do Utah Family Physicians Do with their Public Health Degrees? A Survey
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