Importance Age-related cataract, defined as progressive opacification or clouding of the eye’s natural lens, is a leading cause of visual disability and blindness. Cataract surgery is one of the most commonly performed procedures in high-income countries. More than 3.5 million cataract…
Dr Jill Jin and Dr Kevin Hopkins, AMA Senior Physician Advisors, discuss concrete strategies organizations can apply to support their individual physicians and make their workforce feel valued. Explore the Value of Feeling Valued Playbook: https://bit.ly/4fgjbA8 Calculate how much physician burnout…
AMA Member Dr Robert Cooley, Associate Professor in Primary Care Medicine at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine, discusses the integration of behavioral and physical health care and how collaborative models address health care disparities. He also shares how…
Onboarding is a critical step in the integration of a new physician into a health care organization and can play a key role in job satisfaction, productivity, and ultimately patient care outcomes.
This JAMA Insights discusses communication skills for physicians that may help guide conversations with patients and their family members when making decisions about surgery.
A woman in her 40s presents with intermittent tender papules and nodules localized to the medial surface of her labia majora and labia minora that have purulent drainage and flares. What is your diagnosis?
This case report describes thickened facial skin, microstomia, hypertrichosis, loss of facial features, gum hyperpigmentation, and erythrodontia, as well as severe and destructive photodistributed scarring, with loss of nails, resorption of the distal phalanges, and joint contractures.
This Surgical Innovation describes the use of video review of intraoperative trauma care and the potential to improve the quality of trauma care and create opportunities for coaching.
Importance Dermatology has a complex history with photography, particularly photographs of those with skin of color. Evaluation of best practices for capturing clinically accurate digital images, particularly emphasizing techniques to improve photography portraying individuals of color, dermatologic conditions in skin of…
A 40-year-old male patient presents with a 2-month history of a pruritic, nontender irritation at the nasal sills. What is your diagnosis?
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