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

The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection: Preventing Healthcare Failures

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

Stand Up for Medical Advocacy: This Is Our Lane

Andy Young, DO; Saloni Maharaj, MD; Anna Kho, MD
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A Medical Educators’ Toolbox for Generative Artificial Intelligence

Katherine Killian, MD; Elaine Cruz, DO; Pamela Vohra-Khullar, MD; Elisa Sottile, MD; Deborah Edelman, MD
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Beyond the Marble Steps: Redefining Advocacy at the 2026 SGIM Annual Meeting

Amanda S. Mixon, MD, MS, MSPH; Eric Yudelevich Blumrosen, MD
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Other Articles

Perception Is Reality: How We Talk with Patients Affects Their Health

Scott Selinger, MD, FACP
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Reflecting On Our Achievements, Preparing for the Road Ahead

Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, MACP, President, SGIM
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Perspectives on the Internal Medicine Sub-internship

Nabeel Akhtar, MD, MEd
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Q & A on the New Quality Family Planning Guidelines

Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH; Sonya Borrero, MD, MS
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The Keys to SGIM’s Success Over the Past 50 Years

David Karlson, PhD
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Levity through Fiction: A Low Stakes Approach of Teaching Failure in Medical Education

Christopher R. Simmons, MD, PhD
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