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EDITORIAL

From the Editor
Cultivating the Next Generation of Physician-Scholars
Fahad Aziz, MD, FASN

Commentary
Cultural Competency in Short-Term Medical Missions 
Isaac KS Ng, MBBS, MRCP

NEWS

WMJ Welcomes Two New Deputy Editors
Kendi Neff-Parvin

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Drivers of Opioid Prescriptions for Medicare Patients at an Urban Tertiary Center 
Elise A. Biesboer, MD; Abdul Hafiz Al Tannir, MD; Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS; Rebekah J. Walker, PhD; Sneha Nagavally, MS; Sarah A. Endrizzi, MD; William J. Peppard, PharmD

Epidemiological Analysis of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Cases in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 2001-2020 
Abigail Multerer, MS; Paula Silha, MASL, MCHES; Gary D. Gilmore, PhD, MCHES; Jennifer Rombalski, MPH; Abdulaziz Elfessi, PhD; Loriann Stanislawski, MS, MCHES; Peter R. Wilker, PhD; William R. Schwan, PhD

Incidence of Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients With a Preoperative Diagnosis of Endometrial Intraepithelial Neoplasia 
Matthew K. Wagar, MD; Allison Zinter, BS; Stephanie M. McGregor, MD, PhD; Makeba Williams, MD; Lisa M. Barroilhet, MD, MS; Katherine Sampene, MD

Characteristics of Patients Disengaged From Pharmacist-Led Hypertension Management in Primary Care: An Observational Study 
Isabel Wedig, PharmD; Anupama Joseph, MD; Tyler Ho, PharmD

The Empty SmartLink Solution: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve History and Physical Notes Documentation Using Clinical Decision Support 
Sabrina E. Carro, MD; Sarah Milota, MD; Danita Hahn, MD; Amanda Rogers, MD; Sarah C. Bauer, MD

Comparing Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography Machine Accessibility Among Urban and Rural County Hospitals in Wisconsin 
Benjamin Burdorf, MD; William MacDonald, MD; Pravallika Kesarla, BS; Samantha Burdorf, MBA

A Novel Coach-Approach to Clinical Faculty Mentoring and the UW Department of Medicine Clinical Faculty Development Program
James D. Alstott, MD; Chariti Gent, MA, MCC, CPCC; Christine Fabian Bell, MS; Daniel R. Marlin, MPA; Anthony Hernandez, PhD; Esther Schulman, BS; Sharon Gehl, MBA; Lynn M. Schnapp, MD; James H. Stein, MD

Exploration of Factors That Positively Influence Medical Student Reception of Question-Based Teaching in Clinical Settings
Asha S. Jain, BS; Jacob J. Abou-Hanna, MD; Elizabeth M. Petty, MD

Brain and Body Fitness Group for Those With Dementia and Their Caregivers Through Community Partnership: A Program Evaluation
Lindsey J. G. Creapeau, EdD; Norah M. M. Airth-Kindree, DNP; Jeffrey A. Goodman, PhD

BRIEF REPORTS

A Silent Wave: Increases in Wisconsin’s Alcohol-Related Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thomas Bentley, MS; Paul D. Creswell, PhD

Electronic Fetal Monitoring Patterns With and Without Continuous Amnioinfusion 
Brock E. Polnaszek, MD; Jessica Chen, MD; Rodolfo Fernandez-Criado, MD, MPH; Anna Palatnik, MD; Susan Cohen, MD; Methodius G. Tuuli, MD, MBA, MPH; Adam K. Lewkowitz, MD, MPHS

A Case-Based Approach to Racial Health Disparities in Infertility Diagnosis and Management—From Reproductive Life Planning to Treating Infertility
Micaela Stevenson Wyszewianski, MD; Eliyah J. Stevenson, BS; Jayme Bosler, MD

Barriers to Completing Advance Care Planning: Insights From the Wausau Free Clinic
Grace F. Wittenberg, MD; Lauren Woyak, MD; Jeffrey Todd, MS, CMPE; Jeffrey Oswald, MD; Amy Prunuske, PhD

Brain Doctors: Evaluating a Mental Health Initiative for Elementary Students
Parnika Telagi, MD; Jessica Liu, BS; Bryan Johnston, MD

CASE REPORTS

Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy Presenting with Peripheral Neuropathy and Hearing Loss 
Milan Patel, MD; Kaleb Keener, BS; Gina LaWall, NP; Pinky Jha, MD

Candida Auris Total Knee Arthroplasty Infection in an Immunocompetent Individual: Case Report and Literature Review 
Milan Patel, MD; Jacob Kodra, BS; Kaleb Keener, BS; Riya Singh; Pinky Jha, MD

Locally Invasive Central Nervous System Aspergillosis Presenting as Subacute Vision Loss 
Amelia Papadimitriou, MPH; Alenna Beroza, MS; Kriti Behl, APNP; Muhammad Hammad, MD; Roshan Thapa, MD; Pinky Jha, MD, MPH

An Eye for an Eye, An Ear for an Ear: A Midwestern Case Report of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease 
Neil Dixit, MD; Emily Koller, MD; Nicole Avendaño, MD; Pinky Jha, MD

Intentional Hydroxychloroquine Overdose Leading to Severe Hypotension and Multiorgan Failure 
Drake W.S. Giese, BS; Katherine M. Ernste, MD; Muhammed B. Gilani, MD

Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord From Nitrous Oxide Abuse 
Lauren Beranek, MD; Satchel Beranek, MD; Benjamin Kaster, MD

LIMITED SERIES

Statistical Thinking in Medicine, Part 6: Creating Evidence (or What to Know Before Visiting a Statistician) 
Robert A. Calder, MD, MS; Jayshil J. Patel, MD

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