#PWChat: Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Residency Training Programs
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around strategies for increasing diversity...
Oct 16, 2020
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around strategies for increasing diversity...
Feb 22, 2019
There are two moments of my intern year I will never forget. The first morning, during...
Sep 17, 2013
General internists are expected to play a pivotal role in providing healthcare as the population...
Jul 22, 2013
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...
Jan 27, 2013
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) unveiled a new model to measure...
Jan 16, 2013
Studies have shown that using surgical simulators to improve skills in the operating room (OR) can be effective for surgeons in training. To maximize the effectiveness of simulation training, a proficiency-based training...
Jan 7, 2013
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...
Oct 11, 2012
The number of women applicants to medical school has increased steadily over the past few decades, rising to 50.8% of all American medical school applicants in 2003 to 2004. Despite this increase, women have historically been...
Oct 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...
Sep 13, 2012
Most surgery residents do not appear to perceive that quality of care would be noticeably improved by reducing work hours, according to findings from a survey of more than 6,000 surgery residents. Less than 25% of respondents...
Jan 24, 2012
During the transition from medical school to independent practice, residency training is critical for the development of physician confidence. According to recent studies, confidence in one’s own capabilities during surgery...
Dec 6, 2011
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine distributed a report suggesting that many hospital errors were related to flaws within the healthcare delivery system. As a result of this report, patient safety initiatives have been initiated...