In This Month's Issue

In the January 2021 issue of Forum, Lee and Schenker, co-chairs of SGIM’s 2021 Annual Meeting, share the benefits of attending the Society’s virtual live -- and lively! -- meeting April 20-23, 2021. Jean Kutner, SGIM president, describes learnings as we reprise and adapt our regional and national COVID-19 responses, contrasting our roles metaphorically with the film, Groundhog Day. Eric Bass, SGIM CEO, updates us on the status of SGIM external relations through organizational collaborations to benefit our communities and patients. Tiffany I. Leung, Forum editor, reflects on New Year’s resolutions accompanying a needed sense of renewal for physicians and front-line healthcare workers.

Hanna and Callister provide best practices for substance use disorders treatment during COVID-19. Block et al describe a pilot project engaging medical students in COVID-19 telehealth care, while Sagar and McGinn describe five core tenets and the design of a post-COVID ambulatory patient care service. Sgro provides us the third and final installment of Forum’s Racism in Medicine essay collection. Hamer and Estrada close the issue with a comprehensive list of scholarly publication venues for quality improvement work, refreshing a previous list from 2011.

From the Editor

Succession Planning: Leadership Should Plan for the Unexpected

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

Society of General Internal Medicine Announces Its 2025 Award and Grant Recipients

Taylor Smith, MPS, Senior Social Media and Communications Specialist, SGIM
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The Challenge and Value of Obtaining an Accurate Home Medication List

Rebecca E. Berger, MD; Kirsten Homma, MD, MPH
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Other Articles

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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The Hybrid General Internist: A Novel Solution to Declining Interest in Primary Care

Rae Witt, MD; Jana Wardian, PhD, MSW; Victoria Kennel, PhD; Jennifer Parker, MD; Chelsea Navarrette, MD
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Networking and Bridge-Building: Keys to Going Far in Academic Medicine

Sherine Salib, MD, MRCP, FACP
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