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What residents and medical students should wear in the hospital

July 13, 2010Jul 13, 201017

At a recent meeting I attended, a vigorous discussion broke out about what medical students, residents and attendings should wear, and more importantly what they should not wear. Interestingly, patients have been asked to weigh in on this discussion. What…

At a recent meeting I attended, a vigorous discussion broke out about what medical students, residents and attendings should wear, and more importantly what they should not wear.

Interestingly, patients have been asked to weigh in on this discussion. What to wear is also on the mind of many current second year medical students who may find themselves trying to take study breaks from USMLE 1 to go buy …

Medication errors spike when new residents start in July

MedPage Today

June 30, 2010Jun 30, 20107

by Kristina Fiore Deaths from medication mistakes appear to spike in July, when medical residencies begin, researchers say. Over nearly a 30-year period, fatal medication errors appear to jump 10% solely in that summer month in U.S. counties with teaching…

by Kristina Fiore

Deaths from medication mistakes appear to spike in July, when medical residencies begin, researchers say.

Over nearly a 30-year period, fatal medication errors appear to jump 10% solely in that summer month in U.S. counties with teaching hospitals, David P. Phillips, PhD, of the University of California San Diego and Gwendolyn E.C. Barker, BA, of the University of California Los Angeles, reported online in the Journal of General Internal …

The public wants resident physicians to work less

MedPage Today

June 28, 2010Jun 28, 201013

by Emily P. Walker A majority of the American public doesn't approve of doctors working 24 hours straight and supports tougher work hour regulation for resident physicians, according to a new public opinion survey. The survey, published in the online…

by Emily P. Walker

A majority of the American public doesn’t approve of doctors working 24 hours straight and supports tougher work hour regulation for resident physicians, according to a new public opinion survey.

The survey, published in the online journal BMC Medicine, is the first to assess the public’s perceptions about the controversial issue of medical residents’ work hours.

The survey found that 90% of Americans believe the maximum shift duration should …

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Op-ed: Restrictions on physician hours may not improve patient safety

Kevin Pho, MD

June 23, 2010Jun 23, 201016

A version of this op-ed was published on June 2nd, 2010 in USA Today. During medical training, I routinely stayed awake for more than 30 hours straight to care for my patients in the hospital. I strove to be the…

A version of this op-ed was published on June 2nd, 2010 in USA Today.

During medical training, I routinely stayed awake for more than 30 hours straight to care for my patients in the hospital. I strove to be the tireless physician who would be with his patients until they went home. It turns out I may have jeopardized their safety instead.

For many years, the medical field has been rightfully …

Tips for students who want to shadow doctors

Vineet Arora, MD

June 17, 2010Jun 17, 20106

On a recent Saturday, I rounded in the hospital. I met up with Zainab, the president of the minority premed association for the University of Chicago, who asked to shadow me. While she was doing research at the hospital, she had not ever rounded in the hospital before. It was Saturday so our team was mostly off so it was just me and my very capable resident who is about …

ABIM responds to doctors sharing board certification questions

Christine K. Cassel, MD

June 10, 2010Jun 10, 201012

A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com. The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is sending a clear message to doctors this week: Compromise the integrity of the certification process and face swift and…

A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is sending a clear message to doctors this week: Compromise the integrity of the certification process and face swift and serious penalties.

ABIM is sanctioning 139 physicians for sharing, buying, or soliciting confidential, copyrighted questions that were part of the exam …

Academic internal medicine as a physician career choice

Robert Centor, MD

June 1, 2010Jun 1, 20104

I received a wonderful inquisitive e-mail from a 1st year medical student. He aspires to an academic internal medicine career and, as a non-traditional student with an MPH, has realistic goals. He asks: What scares me is the prospect of…

What scares me is the prospect of going into a relatively low-paying specialty in such a non-lucrative practice environment with such massive educational debt. Are there any other challenges to going into internal medicine that are unique to

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A medical student chooses dermatology because of family

Anonymous

May 25, 2010May 25, 201039

As of today, I am one month from adding those long sought-after and hard-earned initials to my name, M.D. I matched at my number one choice in a very competitive “lifestyle specialty,” have a fabulous husband who has helped me through the emotional turmoil that is medical school, and two young boys who make me laugh and smile every day. I sit here, where I worked so hard …

Why primary care doesn’t appeal to this medical student

Josh Herigon, MPH

May 18, 2010May 18, 201043

I try to read as much as I can of everything floating around the medical blogosphere. I think the most recurrent topic I come across is why current medical students aren’t choosing to go into primary care. It’s a great…

It’s a great topic that relates to health care reform, making it ripe for medical bloggers to comment on relentlessly. Probably the most often cited reason is low reimbursement for primary care (read: primary …

Burnout is common to teaching violin and practicing medicine

Lisa Chu, MD

May 18, 2010May 18, 20108

I went to medical school and know something about what it’s like to work in clinical environments. I’ve recently started reading blogs and articles about “physician burnout” and I can’t help but notice that there’s a lot of blame being…

I went to medical school and know something about what it’s like to work in clinical environments.

I’ve recently started reading blogs and articles about “physician burnout” and I can’t help but notice that there’s a lot of blame being placed on “the system”. Doesn’t this kind of storytelling just reinforce that physicians are victims? I’d like to see physicians adopt a way of thinking that will enable them to create …

Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation, an audiobook excerpt

Sandeep Jauhar, MD

May 11, 2010May 11, 2010

An audiobook except from Intern: A Doctor's Initiation, now available for download on iTunes. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation -- Click to play audioclip by Sandeep Jauhar, MD Chapter one I had been an intern less than an hour, and already…

An audiobook except from Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation, now available for download on iTunes.

Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation — Click to play audioclip

by Sandeep Jauhar, MD

Chapter one

I had been an intern less than an hour, and already I was running late. The sloping footpath leading up to the hospital was paved with gray cobblestones. My feet ached as my oversize leather …

A pre-medical student writes to her gross anatomy cadaver

Hana Low

May 7, 2010May 7, 201013

A letter from a pre-medical student honoring her gross anatomy cadaver. Letter to the other side by Hana Low Thank you for donating your body to science and medical education. It's so generous to give yourself to those you will…

A letter from a pre-medical student honoring her gross anatomy cadaver.

Letter to the other side
by Hana Low

Thank you for donating your body to science and medical education. It’s so generous to give yourself to those you will never meet. I hope you’re having a good time, up there or wherever you are.

Working with your body has made me acutely conscious of the dangers in my everyday environment. I have to …

China medical school and residency training

Vineet Arora, MD

May 6, 2010May 6, 20103

My husband and I recently traveled to Wuhan Medical School in the Hubei Province in central China. Our medical school has partnered with Wuhan to help inform their curricular reform efforts. We spent 4 days touring the hospitals and teaching…

My husband and I recently traveled to Wuhan Medical School in the Hubei Province in central China.

Our medical school has partnered with Wuhan to help inform their curricular reform efforts. We spent 4 days touring the hospitals and teaching facilities, meeting students and faculty, going on rounds, and giving talks. Although the language barrier was challenging, we had incredible translators who worked to translate every slide we spoke …

Family comes first for some who have finished residency

Anonymous

May 5, 2010May 5, 201024

I have met several women who have completed residency and maybe even practiced beyond that, but decide to quit and stay at home with kids. I wonder - why would a woman who has gone through all of that training…

I have met several women who have completed residency and maybe even practiced beyond that, but decide to quit and stay at home with kids. I wonder – why would a woman who has gone through all of that training just quit? It would seem like the hard part is behind them and I am perplexed by their decision but, of course, I don’t want to …

Residency team changes can improve education and patient care

Robert Wachter, MD

May 3, 2010May 3, 2010

In the early 90s, I had the privilege of directing UCSF’s exceptional internal medicine residency program. It was a time of transition. A decade earlier, residency accreditation requirements (dictated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, ACGME) were fairly benign and largely ignored – marquee programs like ours were generally given carte blanche to organize our residents’ experience as we saw fit.

When I took over our residency in 1992, …

ACP: Challenges for a competency-based framework for residency training

American College of Physicians

April 19, 2010Apr 19, 2010

A guest column by the American College of Physicians, exclusive to KevinMD.com. by Steven Weinberger, MD, FACP Since the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) instituted its Outcome Project approximately 10 years ago, residency training programs have progressively focused…

A guest column by the American College of Physicians, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

by Steven Weinberger, MD, FACP

Since the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) instituted its Outcome Project approximately 10 years ago, residency training programs have progressively focused on how well their residents have acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes in six broad domains. These “general competencies” include medical knowledge, patient care, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, systems-based practice, and …

ABIM: Maintenance of Certification – For the public

Chiduzie Madubata, MD

April 15, 2010Apr 15, 201013

A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com. The debate about recertification recently in the New England Journal of Medicine and highlighted earlier this week on KevinMD.com and in an Associated Press article brings to…

A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

The debate about recertification recently in the New England Journal of Medicine and highlighted earlier this week on KevinMD.com and in an Associated Press article brings to light some of the real challenges facing the future of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

I have been through …

Medicine residency survival tips during pregnancy

Anonymous

April 8, 2010Apr 8, 20105

Q. I just found out last week that I'll be a new mom in November, making me an official mother in medicine! I've been reading the blog for a while, because I love hearing what all of you have to…

Q. I just found out last week that I’ll be a new mom in November, making me an official mother in medicine! I’ve been reading the blog for a while, because I love hearing what all of you have to say about your lives. Here’s my question: What tips would you give for surviving residency while pregnant, especially 30-hour calls (without caffeine)?

— From a future mom and Family Medicine resident …

Residency training is like James Cameron’s Avatar

Vineet Arora, MD

April 1, 2010Apr 1, 20102

Dr. Carolyn Clancy, head of the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality, recently highlighted the definite need for enhanced patient safety and training on healthcare IT for residents who will be the practicing docs of the future. At the very…

At the very end, she compared the future of residency training to James Cameron’s Avatar – an epic battle followed by enlightenment.

Because I am a huge science fiction fan and working in graduate medical …

Diet Coke and the AHA red dress endorsement

MedPage Today

March 29, 2010Mar 29, 2010

Originally published in MedPage Today by Peggy Peck, MedPage Today Executive Editor A red dress jauntily displayed on cans of Diet Coke has become the latest symbol in the ongoing debate about pharmaceutical company support of research or CME. But…

Originally published in MedPage Today

by Peggy Peck, MedPage Today Executive Editor

A red dress jauntily displayed on cans of Diet Coke has become the latest symbol in the ongoing debate about pharmaceutical company support of research or CME.

But whose dress is it? The American Heart Association says it’s “not our red dress,” even as leading pharma critic Steven Nissen, MD, …

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