Source: The Health Care Blog By JOHN SCHUMANN, MD More than a century of American medical history was turned on its ear last week by the announcement that the groups that accredit medical residencies will unify their standards. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you failed to understand the significance (or notice at all). But this should[…]
Source: KevinMD I don’t like selecting colleagues through the Match. The process was established to allow students to get the best opportunity available and I feel that our program (and our patients who rely on our trainees to provide care) is in jeopardy every year. It always turns out better than I anticipate, so I shouldn’t[…]
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Source: KevinMD On Twitter a while ago, a medical student asked me how surgical program directors select new residents. Then a discussion arose among some academic surgeons on the same topic. Someone suggested that medical school grades were the best way to tell whether an applicant would be a successful resident. The fact is that[…]
Source: KevinMD WES FISHER, MD | EDUCATION | FEBRUARY 24, 2014 “A new roadmap for improving residents’ professional skills was released Tuesday by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)” begins the press release. As I dove into this announcement a bit further, I discovered the origins of this initiative outlined in this executive summary published by the ACGME on the[…]