Search results for "Medical Education"
We are helpers more than healers
In the absence of a cure, listening to patients can be a powerful balm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/student.htm
15 Aug 2014
Useless charts and fresh eyes in handoffs
The medical record is not all that helpful when you don't know a patient and have to make a quick, on-the-spot decision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/blog.htm
15 Sep 2011
Use caution when seeking medical information online
Quick access to electronic information can be a big help to busy physicians and harried medical students alike, but both groups need to be very careful about which Internet resources they choose to consult.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/online.htm
15 Apr 2011
E-learning for everyone
Virtual patients expose students and physicians to a wide range of clinical scenarios.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/02/elearning.htm
15 Feb 2008
Be smart about smartphone use
A study suggests that hospitals develop a policy about when and how to use smartphones at work.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/qa.htm
15 Jan 2013
‘Digitally native’ learners and physician evaluation
Fund of knowledge cannot be the sole (or even main) proxy for physician quality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/residents.htm
15 Mar 2015
The hospitalist teacher
Bedside rounding combines medical education and patient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/teacher.htm
15 Aug 2008
Is it time to forgo the handshake?
Experts seek ways to decrease pathogen transmission while staying polite.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/handshake.htm
15 Dec 2014
Recent Research
Restrictive transfusions, hospice care use, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/rr.htm
15 May 2011
July change in physician trainees increases mortality, lowers efficiency
Year-end changeovers of physician trainees at teaching hospitals are associated with increased mortality and lower efficiency of care during July, a new review of studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/13/1.htm
13 Jul 2011