Step One of the medical licensing exam, taken during or after the second year of medical school, tests medical students’ knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology. On average, black students score lower on the grading curve, making it harder for them to land their preferred residencies…. The solution, implemented last year, was to eliminate the Step One grading disparity by instituting a pass–fail system. Hospitals choosing residents can no longer distinguish between high and low achieving students—and that is precisely the point! More.
Category: Health Reform
Saturday Links
- US drug shortages reach an all time high.
- Bathrooms of the future: First, an alert from your toilet—you’re dehydrated. The mirror over your sink advises you to apply your prescription cream. As you step into the shower—it glows with infrared light, designed to soothe inflammation ….. (WSJ)
- Walmart is delivering prescription drugs to patients by drones in Dallas-Fort Worth.
- Report from Britain: There is little evidence that DEI efforts such as mandatory antibias training have any positive effect on corporate culture.
- Mayo Clinic: Puberty blockers cause long-term fertility problems in boys.
Millions Dropped from Medicaid Rolls. How Much does it Matter?
With the end of the covid emergency millions of Americans enrolled in Medicaid found they were no longer eligible. Medicaid eligibility fluctuates over time for many families. Medicaid is a patchwork of 50 state programs with eligibility that varies by age and income. Pandemic-era protections against disenrollment began expiring in the Spring of 2023 with Medicaid coverage coming to an end for many Americans. An important question public health advocates have is what happened to people dropped from the federal-state health program?
Study: Plant-Based Meat No Healthier than Animal Protein (also, meat isn’t really bad for you)
Several years ago, the New York Times ran a headline, Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. While nobody is suggesting Americans eat fewer vegetables, which are undoubtedly healthy, there is more evidence that meat isn’t the boogeyman we once thought it was.