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August 2025
ACP Membership Benefit Highlight
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New ACP Paper
Prescription Drug Shortages: A Public Health Crisis
A new paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine identifies prescription drug shortages as a national public health crisis and urges swift action to strengthen the medication supply chain. The position paper, “Bolstering the Medication Supply Chain and Ameliorating Medication Shortages,” offers recommendations to address current shortages and prevent future disruptions.
Feature
Sync with Psych
(from the July 30, 2025, ACP Hospitalist)
There are many ways to optimize psych consults, including a model that provides proactive involvement of psychiatry teams.
ACP Hospitalist is an online magazine for ACP members covering news and trends in hospital medicine. An ACP login is required to access this article.
I.M. Internal Medicine Spotlight
Spotlight: Nioke Wright, MD, MPH, FACP
Dr. Wright advises medical students to practice prioritizing a work-life balance now, emphasizing that medicine is what you do and not who you are.
Medical Student Perspective Essay
Navigating the Crossroads of Aspiration and Debt: The Unyielding Struggle of Future Physicians
A checkbox and a signature were the only things standing between me and my future as a physician. With just a signature, the daunting $70,000 tuition miraculously transformed into a manageable burden. A simple “×” in the checkbox was all it took, as there seemed to be no other way to make my dream a reality.
Analyzing Annals
Thyroid Function Reference Intervals by Age, Sex, and Race. A Cross-Sectional Study and Reducing the Over-Diagnosis of Thyroid Disease.
(from July 2025 Annals for Educators)
Current clinical practice defines reference intervals for the results of thyroid function tests without recognizing any differences in subgroups by age, sex, and race. This study and editorial measured those subgroup differences and calculated how many persons assigned a thyroid disease using current reference intervals would be reclassified into a different category if new reference intervals based on age, sex, and race were used.
Annals for Educators is a Web Exclusives feature of Annals of Internal Medicine, which includes activities using selected Annals articles to help medical educators in their teaching activities.
Winning Abstracts from the 2025 Abstract Competitions
Atypical Presentation of Severe Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption (RIME) Due to Mycoplasma Pneumoniae in an Adult Male Patient
This case is an exceedingly rare presentation of eruptive M. pneumoniae that challenged classification based on current paradigms of RIME, EMM, and SJS/TEN.
Want to have your abstract featured here? ACP holds National Abstract Competitions as part of ACP Internal Medicine Meeting every year. Find out more at ACP Online.
Get Involved
Apply to be an Intern in ACP's Washington, DC Office
The 2026 Health Policy Internship application cycle is now open until Oct. 31. The internship provides a multifaceted opportunity for medical students to learn about the legislative process, health policy, and advocacy in organized medicine. Interns will assist with researching and analyzing current issues in health and medical education policy, assisting with ongoing advocacy initiatives, and the developing of advocacy materials. Interns will have the opportunity to attend congressional hearings, coalition meetings, and accompany government affairs staff on lobby visits to members of Congress and their staff and to events. The internship lasts from April 27, 2026 to May 21, 2026 and pays a $4,000 stipend.
Chapter Chatter
Mark Your Calendar for Upcoming Local ACP Chapter Meetings
Expand your network, strengthen your CV, and learn new clinical skills by attending your local ACP Chapter Meeting. Medical Student members have exclusive access to submit original research in their local abstract competition for a chance to win a trip to present at Internal Medicine 2026 in San Francisco, CA. Bonus: Some chapter meetings offer FREE registration for medical student members!
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