But now I am turning a new digital page. I am turning to magazines for research purposes!
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Round 1
Time Magazine
Young Doctors and Depression, article found here.
- 4 W's for Understanding Argument
- Who: Doctors in residency and internship programs
- Where: hospitals in the U.S.
- When: Now! Study was released Dec 2015.
- What: A study of about 17,000 medical interns and residents were studied, and about 30% of doctors experienced depression and other mental health issues. It is argued that some reasons for this are the long hours, stress from the job, demands of attending physicians, and lack of emphasis on mental health. Dr. Schwenk and Dr. Nata are proposing more changes need to be made in the medical community in order to address these issues.
- Most Sympathetic Character
- Interns and residents
- After graduating from medical school, doctors typically join a residency program and complete a first year internship. If we assume no breaks from school were taken, this should put most doctors at the age of 26 after graduation.
- These characters evoke strong sympathetic feelings from me, because they are who I want to be in 8 years! I want to find a career in the medical field, so these statistics are surprising to me. And these issues will still be relevant in the future.
- Least Sympathetic Character
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) / Older generations
- This is an organization that determines the "rules" for medical education. They recently changed some rules on hours so that interns do not work shifts longer than 16 hours or work weeks that exceed 80 hours. The organization has been around for a while, so they are still using the education model from years ago.
- They are the least sympathetic because they continue to run medical education the same way they did years ago, despite the significant changes that have been made in the medical field. I like that they have made some adjustments, but it seems like more are necessary.
Round 2
Wired Magazine
Zika Virus affects Abortion Ban, article found here.
- 4 W's for Understanding Disagreement
- Who: Women and health organizations
- Where: Brazil and other Latin American countries
- When: 2012-Present
- What: The Zika virus is a big health problem in Latin America. Recently, many infants have been born with smaller brains than normal, and doctors have linked this to the virus, since it can be passed by the mother while pregnant. Health officials recommend women do not get pregnant. Abortion is illegal in Brazil, and can be punished by prison time. This issue is pushing the limits of the abortion ban and poses a confusing problem for citizens, the law, and health officials.
- Most Sympathetic Character
- Mother's who's infants have caught the virus
- Often the mothers will have to carry out the pregnancy against their wishes, perform an illegal abortion, or give birth to a child that will suffer from many health problems.
- They evoke sympathetic feelings because it being in that position must be extremely difficult. They battle between their religion views and the evaluation of the quality of life their child will have.
- Least Sympathetic Character
- Brazilian court
- They passed a rule that abortion is lawful under some conditions (baby being born with no brain), but not others.
- It is harder to feel sympathetic for the court system because they are restricting what many people think is a personal choice.
Overall, I have gathered new articles and have discovered more topics.
What do you think are the advantages and/or disadvantages of using magazines for research?
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