http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Medical school graduates entering one family medicine residency program might receive training that is markedly different than another family medicine residency program. While these new medical school graduates, called residents, will gain the clinical knowledge needed to practice medicine, their scope of skills depend on their specific experiences as residents. A team of healthcare professionals from the Family Medicine Residency Program at Tufts University School of Medicine have published a paper in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education that suggests a way to evaluate family medicine residents based on their level of competency. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scope-skills-family-medicine-residencies.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:42:12 EST news284733681 (HealthDay)—The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advocates that all interns, residents, and fellows should have parental leave benefits consistent with the Family Medical Leave Act during pediatric training, according to a policy statement published online Jan. 28 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-aap-endorses-parental-pediatric-residents.html Pediatrics Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:50:02 EST news278688639