Journal of general internal medicine
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Black women in academic medicine experience racial and gender discrimination, all while being tasked with improving a flawed system. Representation of Black women in medicine remains low, yet they bear the burden of fostering diversity and mentoring trainees, exacerbating their minority tax and emotional labor, and negatively impacting career progression. ⋯ This study revealed that Black women are underrepresented in medical education publishing. We believe that dismantling oppressive structures in the publishing ecosystem and the field is imperative for achieving equity. Additionally, further experiential accounts are needed to contextualize this quantitative account and understand underrepresentation in medical education publishing.
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Despite efforts to mitigate a projected primary care physician (PCP) shortage required to meet an aging, growing, and increasingly insured population, shortages remain, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, growing inequity, and persistent underinvestment. ⋯ Workforce shortages in primary care continue to expand due to population aging, growth, and heightened rates of clinician burnout & egress.
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Patients with bacteremia often have elevated white blood cell (WBC) and neutrophil counts, yet these alone are poor predictors of bacteremia. Data on the continuous relationship between WBC response and bacteremia are lacking. ⋯ ILRs offered a more discriminating approach to estimating the probability of bacteremia than a single threshold. Physicians assessing risk of bacteremia should pay attention to the magnitude of abnormality because very high and very low values have much stronger predictive power than dichotomized results.