Beyond medicine: How doctors can transform communities

If there's an issue that ignites your passion, be it combating food deserts, enhancing health literacy, advocating for prison reform, or navigating the complexities of insurance, I urge my audience to delve deeply into these matters. Understand how, in your role as a physician, you can advance these causes and impart your knowledge to a broader audience.

It's crucial to envision ourselves not merely as clinicians but as educators, advocates, and guiding figures within our communities. We bear a profound responsibility to those we serve, extending beyond the treatment of conditions like hypertension or diabetes. We must consider the broader spectrum of factors influencing their overall well-being, including the environment they inhabit and the societal challenges they face.

Shirin Hund is an internal medicine physician.

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