Observations During A Week of Frontline Work With Family Medicine Residents During The Corona Virus Epidemic
Robert McKersie
The author, a medical director of a family health clinic serving a Caribbean Latinx community in Lawrence, Mass, reflects on the ways COVID-19 is impacting learning environments, clinical decision making, and one's personal relationships to medicine in a daily journal structure. 24 July 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/156059
The Nation That Opened Bars and Closed Schools
Thomas Bodenheimer
For the elderly, optimal health in the COVID-19 era is well-established: stay at home and strictly follow prevention guidelines. For children, achieving optimal health poses a serious dilemma. Staying at home and not physically attending school reduces the risk of encountering the virus but creates major problems in child health and development. How has our nation navigated this dilemma? 24 July 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/156050
Family Medicine’s Role in the COVID 19 Pandemic
Samuel A. Sandowski
This essay explores the importance of Family Physicians in fighting this battle. It is a reflection of a New York Family Physician witnessing changes in his hospital as the novel Corona virus pandemic surged, and how Family Medicine became the front line responders in both inpatient and outpatient settings. 10 June 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/155572
Should We Let Fever Run its Course in the Early Stages of COVID-19?
Alexandre A. Steiner
Experimental and clinical data are discussed in light of the notion that fever is particularly adaptive in the early, less severe stages of an infection, when the benefits of a raised body temperature to immunity far exceed its costs to the host. It is, therefore, reasonable to advise that allowing fever to run its natural course for a few days after the onset of symptoms in COVID-19 may reduce the risk of long-lasting infection and, consequently, the risk of complications. 16 April 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154746
REFLECTING ON COVID-19 IN 55 WORDS
Maureen Grissom, Rolando Gomez, Abigail Hamilton, Shan Malik, Cristina Marti-Amarista, Howard Stephen Reinheimer
In an effort to address the anxiety that the coronavirus may cause for some, our Family Medicine Residency Program held a writing workshop using the 55-Word Story format, with writings specific to the theme of COVID-19. The exercise gave residents time and space to reflect on their own experiences and emotions, generated a great degree support and discussion and provided them a window into what some of their fellow residents were experiencing. 13 April 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154739
The Long Reach of a Pandemic: No One is Immune
John J. Frey III
The author discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic affects all of us in different ways, including monks in a monastery in rural New Mexico. 13 April 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154745
LESSONS FROM WEEK THREE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Sarah C. Ruff
A family physician reflects on how her daily life and work have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the many challenges, she believes that we are going to come out of this experience having learned many valuable lessons. 8 April 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154716
Applying Evidence-Based Medicine Concepts for Dealing with a Pandemic
Allen F. Shaughnessy, Andrea E. Gordon
Given the lack of evidence to support our approach to the COVID pandemic, how should we think about it from an evidence-based medicine point of view? Here are ten points to consider when making decisions. 30 March 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154603