In This Month's Issue

In this issue, the first August SGIM Forum in-person annual meeting recap since 2019, we appreciate the joys of gathering via official photography from the live in-person event. Eric Bass, SGIM CEO, and Matthew Tuck and Nicole Redmond, #SGIM22 program co-chairs, reflect on this landmark occasion occurring during a pandemic. LeRoi Hicks, SGIM President, also reflects while also looking ahead towards #SGIM23. An annual tradition, we also again recognize the SGIM award recipients, accompanied by additional inspirational stories shared by the Education award recipients. In Ask an Ethicist, members of the SGIM Ethics Committee analyze a case question about caring for an incarcerated patient. Finally, Rebekah Scott and Christina Shields, fourth-year medical students share their unique peer-to-peer teaching experience on learning about medical billing. SGIM and Forum are ready to sate that appetite for learning!

From the Editor

Horseshoe or Magnet? Outstanding Leaders Are Better Magnets

Michael Landry, MD, MSc, FACP Editor in Chief, SGIM Forum
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Featured Column

Evolving Professional Role Identity and Health System Science for Primary Care Trainees: A Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study

Deepa Rani Nandiwada, MD, MSME; Erik X. Tan, MD; Zoe Barbati, MD; Jennifer Kogan, MD
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The Coaching Confidence Myth—And a Simple Fix for Immediate Improvement

Cara Hale Alter
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Stand Up for Medical Advocacy: This Is Our Lane

Andy Young, DO; Saloni Maharaj, MD; Anna Kho, MD
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Other Articles

Highlights of the SGIM 2025 Annual Meeting: Celebrating Our Transformational Ideas and Enacting Meaningful Change

Thomas Radomski, MD, MS; Dominique Cosco, MD
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Atypical Presentation of Bacterial Meningitis

Jacob Scribner, DO; Vishnu Ilineni, MD
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Why Is Feedback Different? A Case for Direct Observation of Verbal Feedback

Vincent Raikhel, MD; Jeffrey Redinger, MD
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Q & A on the American Heart Association’s Scientific Statement on the Role of Primary Care in Achieving Life’s Essential 8

Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH; Madeline R. Sterling, MD, MPH, MS, FAHA; Jeremy Sussman, MD, MSc
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From Ideas to Action: Advancing Advocacy and Action at the 2025 Annual Meeting (#SGIM25)

Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, MACP, President, SGIM
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