The University of Arizona College of Medicine ‒ Phoenix Student Publication
A Shift Toward More Efficient Healthcare
CMS is proposing a controversial change to Medicare reimbursements beginning in 2019, known as the site-neutral payment policy. Under the policy, Medicare would reimburse…
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 800 women die every day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Based on…
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Jenna Koblinski submitted this piece to the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix’s annual Narrative Medicine Program competition open to all first-year medical students….
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May Response and July Question
May Question Last month, we read about the case of Patricia, an elderly woman with a complicated medical history. Let’s review: On your internal…
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This speech was given by Student Body Vice President Cecilia Chou at the Second Look Luncheon to the incoming Class of 2022. We are…
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A Glimpse Into the Prescription Drug Shortage
After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in the fall of 2017, one of the many ensuing scandals was its disablement of several pharmaceutical manufacturing…
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Should Physicians Participate in Lethal Injection?
The death penalty is still legal in 31 states, Arizona included. It is illegal in the remaining 19, as well as in Washington, D.C….
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“Cows.” Not something I have heard often in medicine. Maybe it could be associated with mad cow disease or perhaps a cow stampede? However,…
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A Potential Drug of Concern for Pain Management
The United States has experienced a rapid increase in the use of prescription and non-prescription opioid medications since the beginning of the 1990s and…
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The Dominican Republic Mission trip is an annual event hosted by the Global Health interest group that lasts for a week during the PAL…
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