In This Month's Issue

In the May Forum, ACLGIM Summit speaker, Cara Alter, highlights confidence-building for SGIM members and how coaches can give better feedback. Incoming SGIM President Mark Schwartz reflects on why we gather for the Annual Meeting and its importance to members. SGIM CEO, Eric Bass, discusses primary care priorities and advocacy efforts with Health Policy committee members. Medical Student John Msaddi presents qualitative data on what is meaningful to hospitalists at USF, while Dr. Acosta brings joy to her team with her innovative human one-liner that personalizes patients. Medical student Brina Ratangee and colleagues state their case for going to patients and using narrative street medicine. Dr. Brascom utilizes personal experiences as she proposes innovative use of artificial intelligence in caring for young African Americans. Dr. Ledford and colleagues teach about gastric amyloidosis via their morning report article. Finally, read the history of SGIM’s Southern region as documented by Editor-in-Chief, Michael Landry.

From the Editor

Featured Column

The Coaching Confidence Myth—And a Simple Fix for Immediate Improvement

Cara Hale Alter
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Other Articles

The Human One-Liner: Reclaiming Joy in Patient Care

Luisa Paredes Acosta, MD
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Q & A on SGIM’s Primary Care Priorities

Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH; Michael Fischer, MD, MS; Anders Chen, MD, MHS; Celeste Newby, MD, PhD; Mark D. Schwartz, MD
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Why We Gather— And Why It Matters

Mark D. Schwartz, MD President, SGIM
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Clinical Reasoning for Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Consider GI Amyloidosis When You See the Atypical

Robert Ledford, MD, FACP; Charles Cavalaris, MD; Riley Ostdiek, MD; Shreya Narayanan, MD
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Go and Listen to the People: A Case for “Narrative Street Medicine”

Brina Ratangee, MA; Suha Arshad, BA; Vaishnavi Tetali, BS; Jaya Khullar; Divya Tase
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