Neurology

HAS THE AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET HELPED OR HARMED THE WAY PATIENTS SEEK CARE? Both. Patients often search the internet before contacting providers for advice on diagnoses, urgency of need, treatments, and available providers. The internet has been harmful in making patients think they have diagnoses or need medications they do not, and unfairly reviews provider offices with negative comments usually unrelated to the quality of patient care. #1 PIECE OF HEALTH ADVICE FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR 50S REGARDING YOUR SPECIALTY? Be more physically and socially active. WHAT FORTHCOMING TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN YOUR AREA OF SPECIALTY ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THAT WILL BENEFIT FUTURE PATIENTS? A treatment for dementia that works. YOUR THOUGHTS ON UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE IN SIX WORDS OR LESS: Inevitable. STUDYING MEDICINE THEN VS. NOW: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? It is now much more competitive to get admitted, much more complicated to study as a result of expanding genetic testing, definition of new syndromes, and increasing subspecialization. THE SO-CALLED FAUCI EFFECT (MORE INTEREST IN HEALTHCARE CAREERS, SPURRED BY COVID-19) SAW AN 18 PERCENT INCREASE IN MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICANTS IN 2021. WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR FUTURE PATIENTS? As our population ages, there is an increasing need for medical providers. Medical schools will slowly increase admissions capacity and new medical schools will develop.

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