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VIDEOS IN CLINIC MEDICINE
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Task Specific Tremors
Joseph H. Friedman, MD
WATCH VIDEO [1:33] or Download RIMJ PDF

16-page Special Section
Program in Liberal Medical Education, Part I
Guest Editor Julianne Y. Ip, MD

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Overview of Brown’s Unique 8-year Program in Liberal
Medical Education (PLME)
Julianne Y. Ip, MD

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Poetry of PLME, AMS Students
Mara Feingold-Link, MD’17; Alexandra Wong, PLME’18, MD’22; Zoe Weiss, PLME’12 SCB Human Biology and AB Anthropology, MD’16

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Reflections from Students in PLME Senior Seminar, Doctoring Courses
Eric Bai, PLME ’16 ScB Computational Biology, MD’20; Sarah Magaziner, MD’19; Kira Neel, MD’18

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The ‘L’ in PLME: A Broad Approach to Medical Education
Julianne Y. IP, MD; Dilum Aluthge, PLME’15 SCB Applied Mathematics, MD’19; Lauren Galvan, PLME ’16, AB Independent Concentration: Mental health and Healing, MD’20

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A Student Collaboration to Address Mental Health Wellness in Medical School
Katherine Brooks, MD’16; Lianna Karp, MD’16;
Haiyan Ramirez Batlle, MA, MD’16; Michelle Chiu, MD’17; Christine Montross, MD, MFA

CONTRIBUTIONS

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Heat Illness – A Practical Primer
Neha Raukar, MD, MS; Renee Lemieux, BS; George Finn, ATC; Rebecca Stearns, PhD, ATC; Douglas J. Casa, PhD

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Attending Physician Attitudes Toward Choice of Oral Anticoagulant for the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Nathan T. Connell, MD, MPH; James N. Butera, MD

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Adult Spinal Deformity: Contemporary Treatment and Patient Outcomes
Alan H. Daniels, MD; J. Mason DePasse, MD; Craig P. Eberson, MD; Philip R. Lucas, MD; Mark A Palumbo, MD

EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CPC

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An Electrical Burn
Seth Gemme, MD; Gregory Jay, MD; William Binder, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH

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HEALTH BY NUMBERS
Implications of the Affordable Care Act on Access to Effective HIV Services in Rhode Island
William McQuade, DSc, MPH; Marianne Raimondo, PhD, MSW, LICSW; Phanida Phivilay-Bessette; Theodore Marak, MPH; Paul Loberti, MPH

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Vital Statistics
Roseann Giorgianni, Deputy State Registrar