The author argues that long-term trends point to a future for physician assistants and nurse practitioners as the principal front-line deliverers of primary care, with physicians focusing on managerial duties and specialty care.

Surgeons’ regret experiences arising from factors beyond their control might mean that organizations need to step up and help.

A transition to organoids and organ-on-a-chip technologies would signal a paradigm shift in biomedical research.

Poor sleep affects nearly every organ system and influences many morbidity and mortality causes, so screening for sleep sufficiency and quality should be prioritized.

Neuroscience should be at the core of a sound sleep health curriculum, especially in early classroom-based medical education. 

Within the United States, many “immersions” happen in student-run indigent care clinics that serve vulnerable populations.

Defining typical appearance as a goal of health service provision is harmful and unnecessary for traits that are stigmatized but neither harmful nor distressing.

Geriatric psychiatry offers stable career prospects and opportunities to express humanitarian impulses by working closely with elders.

Antimicrobial resistance is a looming pandemic, and poor health outcomes will not be borne equitably.

Having current information about waterborne hazards enables physicians to understand the risks and help their patients protect themselves.