discrimination

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    DOJ Ready to Take Action on State Medical Boards Mental Health Questions; Your Help Needed

    Dear Residents and Physicians: I am an M.D./J.D., person with a disability with lived experience of disability discrimination as a psychiatry resident, Georgetown Law Scholar, and Immediate-Past Commissioner at the American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights. I am pleased to...
  2. calvinhobbes

    AOA sues ABIM

    Outcome of the lawsuit could have major implications... or not. I know one of the points of the residency merger was to allow DO’s into ACGME fellowships. It’ll be interesting if the outcome of this case affects other ABMS...
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    Suing as a student

    I have a question that I'm unable to find discussed on this website. If as a medical student, I file a medical malpractice suit against my physician, could that affect my future career? I'm wondering if it's likely that I'd be discriminated against when applying for residencies or jobs. EDIT...
  4. Future.miss.doctor

    Discrimination against DOs in pathology?

    I heard from residents in other specialities that there is a clear discrimination against DOs in their field. I was wondering if this is applicable in pathology. Has anybody heard of any DOs unable to match into top pathology fellowships or move higher up in their career (I.e. take managerial...
  5. J

    Something strange going on at GWU psych?

    I read online and then talked to some people who say this department tries to fire or does fire a female PGYII every year. Maybe it is just a coincidence but I am wondering if there is more to the story given this is a very high rate for such a small program. This year's chosen one made the...
  6. L

    LGBT interests/ rec letters?

    Hi everyone! I apologize if this has been asked before, I did search as well as I could manage and did not come up with any similar results (I'm a new member). I'm an LGBT pre-med, and I'm applying to med schools in areas that are a less gay-friendly than I would like (Southern US). I'm not so...
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