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How Future Doctors Learn to Have End-of-Life Conversations

Death isn’t an easy subject, but Tufts University School of Medicine has developed effective exercises for teaching empathy to medical students

Massachusetts Mentor Has Focus on Service

Keith Nokes, MD, MPH, knew as a teenager that he was destined to work in an underserved community. He also knew he wanted to do it the right way.

A patient receives a flu vaccine from a medical professional.

Should I Get a COVID Booster and Flu Shot at the Same Time?

Advice from family medicine physician Tuhin Roy, M17, MG17, associate medical director at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

An open white plastic drug bottle with while pills pouring out. Allen Shaughnessy, a Tufts professor of family medicine, explains how acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol, works

How Does Acetaminophen Work?

It’s still kind of a mystery exactly how it relieves fever and pain, says Allen Shaughnessy, Pharm.D., a Tufts professor of family medicine

Alumni Profile: Dr. Adam Normandin

“I think that civic engagement really is the base of it all”: Dr. Adam Normandin’s work with patients experiencing homelessness comes full circle.

In this photo from 2017, physician Adam Normandin, MG11 (MBS), M15, listened to a homeless man at a Portland, Maine, clinic, as the patient soaked his feet in warm water and Epsom salt to treat frostbite.

Helping Communities in Need While Training Doctors to Treat the Whole Patient

The Community Service Learning program through Tisch College and the School of Medicine offers medical students opportunities for hands-on practice in aspects of health care outside clinics

Clinic worker with clipboard talks with patient

Shifting Clinic Culture to Address the Opioid Epidemic

A five-year case study changes old clinic attitudes and systems for treating chronic pain and opioid use disorder

Illustration of a doctor and patient talking

Getting in Tune

Dr. Andrea Gordon, associate professor of family medicine, explains why doctor-patient relationships, like jazz, require a healthy dose of improvisation.

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