Source: ASPR By Crystal Peterson, Director, Physician Recruiting and Retention, Specialists On Call, Inc., Reston, VA A 52-year-old mother of three is brought into the emergency department of an urban hospital, displaying symptoms of a stroke. Nurses and medical staff collect patient data and medical history, the ED physician orders a CT, and asks the nurse[…]
Source: KevinMD PAUL BERGL, MD | EDUCATION | FEBRUARY 18, 2014 Recently, our residency program had the excellent fortune of hosting Dr. Bob Wachter as a visiting speaker. Dr. Wachter is considered a pioneer in the hospitalist movement and has built his career around inpatient quality and safety. During lunch with Dr. Wachter, some of our residents, and hospitalist faculty, we[…]
Source: ScrubWars The National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) surveyed directors of residency programs in 2008 and 2010, asking them what consideration was most important when deciding which applicants to interview, and the criteria most important to rank residency applicants. The program directors where asked to rank specific criteria that influenced their decision to rank the[…]
Source: ScrubWars The National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) surveyed directors of residency programs in 2008 and 2010, asking them what consideration was most important when deciding which applicants to interview, and the criteria most important to rank residency applicants. The program directors where asked to rank specific criteria that influenced their decision to rank the[…]
Source: KevinMD Primary care physicians (PCPs) have too little time per patient which means too many referrals to specialists, too little time listening and thinking, no time to delve into the stress or emotional causes of many symptoms and substantial frustration by PCP and patient alike. Previously in this continuing series on primary care, I described[…]
Source: ECFMG Unified Content Outline To Be Adopted for All USMLE Exams A unified content outline, which provides a common organization of content across all USMLE examinations, has been developed. Examinations released in 2014 will be built using the new unified content outline. Test specifications using the unified outline will be published in early 2014. For[…]
Source: USMLE This is a brief summary of planned changes for the next few years. USMLE Step 3 Beginning November 2014, examinees will: Be able to schedule the exam on two non-consecutive days; NOT need to apply for Step 3 under the eligibility requirements of a specific medical licensing authority; See increased numbers of items[…]
Source: NRMP JAN 15 Rank order list entry begins at 12:00 p.m. ET for all users JAN 31 Quota Change Deadline at 11:59 p.m. ET FEB 26 Rank Order List Deadline and deadline to withdraw from the Main Residency Match! Rank order lists must be certified no later than 9:00 p.m. ET. MAR 17 Match Week[…]
Source: ScienceRoll by Bertalan Meskó (MD, PhD) on January 28, 2014 I’ve been giving talks about the future of medicine for years and many times, part of the audience is worried about losing the human touch of practicing medicine by using more technologies. As a medical futurist, I want to make things clear here. The relation between[…]
Source: KevinMD DAVID LEE SCHER, MD | PATIENT | JANUARY 21, 2014 It is no secret that one of the best ways towards better health management is a good physician-patient relationship. There needs to be buy in from both participants to shared decision-making. One might object to the title of this post, stating that it puts the biggest burden[…]