Search results for "Medical education"
IMGs face uncertainty amid politics, rhetoric
Residency leaders report delays, worries due to immigration policies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/imgs-face-uncertainty-amid-politics-rhetoric.htm
15 Jan 2019
10th Annual Top Hospitalists issue
Meet our 2017 Top Docs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/10th-annual-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2017
Internists recommend ways to better align GME financing with workforce needs
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and ACP released a new policy paper calling for changes that better align funding for graduate medical education (GME) with the nation's health care workforce needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/11/5.htm
11 May 2016
ACP urges doctors to focus on ‘hidden curriculum’
Faculty and senior clinicians should model empathy and encourage reflection and discussion of positive and negative behaviors in the training environment, the College's position paper said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/07/4.htm
7 Mar 2018
Testing cognition in older physicians
A neuropsychological test found cognitive limitations among practicing doctors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/qa-testing-cognition-in-older-physicians.htm
15 Apr 2020
Reducing unnecessary testing
Efforts to test more judiciously represent a dramatic shift in the way physicians use tests to aid diagnosis and guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/coverstory.htm
15 Jul 2011
Medicare patients had higher 30-day mortality when treated by older vs. younger hospitalists, study finds
The association was driven primarily by physicians who treated low to medium numbers of patients, and higher patient volume seemed to provide a protective effect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/1.htm
24 May 2017
Diagnostic error found in care of 23% of patients who died or were transferred to ICU
The most common causes of diagnostic errors were assessment and testing issues, according to an analysis of patients who were transferred to an ICU, died, or both while hospitalized with general medical conditions at any of 29 academic centers in 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/diagnostic-error-found-in-care-of-23percent-of-patients-who-died-or-were-transferred-to-icu.htm
17 Jan 2024
Patient safety, resident sleep do not appear to differ with flexible vs. standard duty hours
Sixty-three U.S. internal medicine residency programs were randomly assigned to follow standard duty-hour policies mandating 16-hour shifts and an 80-hour workweek, or flexible policies, with an 80-hour workweek but no limits on shift length or mandatory time off between shifts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/1.htm
13 Mar 2019
Audience archetypes
Two frequent conference speakers offer their taxonomy of attendees.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/free/audience-archetypes.htm
26 Jul 2023