Pulse

Briefs

Medical students get paid to paint; girls just want to be docs; feature film—or long drug ad?; and song lures docs north.

A Sketchy Profession

Medical illustrators help physicians and patients visualize what photos can’t capture.

Where Art Meets Science

A University of Minnesota initiative promotes the arts as a means to explore the human side of medicine.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Former Surgeon

In retirement, Jay Davenport exchanged scalpel and scrubs for paintbrush and canvas.

Selected Shorts

Contestants in a filmmaking contest send big public health messages in 30 seconds or less.

End Notes

How to Write a Prescription

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Writing Contest

The Unforgettable Ones

Winners of our fourth annual writing contest pay tribute to the patients whose stories stuck with them.

Winning Entries

Homonymous Hemianopsia

By Kathleen M. Ogle, M.D.

A Fireman Looks at Sharp Waves

By Satish C. Rao, M.D. 

 

Cover Story

Medicine Goes to the Movies

By Jon Hallberg, M.D.

Eight films medical students should see.

Perspectives 

The History of Malaria on Stamps 

By Marc A. Shampo, Ph.D., and Robert A. Kyle, M.D.

Postage stamps pay tribute to the scientists who helped understand and cure this deadly disease.

Playing Doctor

Compiled by the Editors

From Ben Casey to Gregory House, a look at the evolution of the television doctor. 

Images and Cultures: A Web-based Approach to Teaching Humanism

By Glenn Nordehn, D.O., Fred Hafferty, Ph.D., S. Klar, D. Collins, E.Vilen, and A. Foss

Medical students use images to consider the less clinical side of medicine.

Clinical and Health Affairs

Hospital-Treated Dog Bites in Minnesota, 1998-2005

By Heather Day, R.N., M.P.H., Jon S. Roesler, M.S., and Mark Kinde, M.P.H.

 

Sparklers, Smoke Bombs, and Snakes, Oh My!

Effect of Legislation on Fireworks-Related Injuries in Minnesota, 1999-2005

By Jon S. Roesler, M.S., and Heather Day, R.N., M.P.H.

 

Editor's Note

The Inside Story

 

MMA Viewpoint

MMA's Foundation Looks to the Future

 

MMA News

Legislative Wrap-Up
Healthy Minnesota Advanced 2007 Debate 
2007 Resolutions for the AMA

 


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