#PWChat: Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Residency Training Programs
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around strategies for increasing diversity...
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The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around strategies for increasing diversity...
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There are two moments of my intern year I will never forget. The first morning, during...
Read MoreSep 17, 2013
General internists are expected to play a pivotal role in providing healthcare as the population...
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Blogging at his site “Adventures in Emergency Medicine,” Dr. Sam Ko says resident work hours should be limited to 40 per week. Via Twitter, I warned him that I would rebut his assertion. Without any data or...
Read MoreJan 27, 2013
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) unveiled a new model to measure...
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Studies have shown that using surgical simulators to improve skills in the operating room (OR) can...
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The number of people applying to law schools is in steep decline. So says a recent post on a website called “The National Jurist.” The post cited some remarkable data from the American Bar Association. In 2012, law school...
Read MoreOct 11, 2012
The number of women applicants to medical school has increased steadily over the past few decades,...
Read MoreOct 10, 2012
“Variation and Imprecision of Clerkship Grading in US Medical Schools” is the understated title of the paper in the August 2012 issue of the journal Academic Medicine. The authors, from the department of medicine at Brigham and...
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Most surgery residents do not appear to perceive that quality of care would be noticeably improved...
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During the transition from medical school to independent practice, residency training is critical...
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In 2000, the Institute of Medicine distributed a report suggesting that many hospital errors were...
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Chronic pain is a public health problem of pandemic proportions that affects more than 70 million...
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Non-compliance with work-hour regulations appears to be prevalent among surgical residents,...
Read MoreDec 21, 2010
Graduate surgical education has changed significantly during the past 20 years. Several events...
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