When medical residents were permitted to work shifts longer than 16 hours, patient mortality was not affected and the doctors themselves did not experience chronic sleep loss, according to a pair of papers published today ...
Mar 6, 2019
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University of Houston and Methodist Hospital researchers are reporting in Scientific Reports that the best way to train surgeons is to remove the stress of residency programs and make surgery a hobby. Under relaxed conditions ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Nearly 20,000 future doctors will graduate from U.S. medical school this spring, and embark on the residency training that launches their careers. Right now, they're choosing which hospitals and health systems they'd most ...
Jan 14, 2019
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Families of rural children with mild head injuries pay more for medical care and get less of it, a Washington State University analysis has found.
Dec 3, 2018
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(HealthDay)—The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced a new $15 million competitive grant initiative, the "Reimagining Residency" initiative, aimed at improving residency training.
Oct 31, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Medical residents should start budgeting and save for the future, according to an article published in the American Medical Association AMA Wire.
Oct 5, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Although there are many demands on residents, taking advantage of paid vacation time is one of the perks and should be maximized, according to an article published in the American Medical Association's AMA Wire.
Sep 20, 2018
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Rookie doctors can work up to 24 hours straight under new work limits taking effect this summer—a move supporters say will enhance training and foes maintain will do just the opposite.
Mar 10, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Burnout is prevalent among pediatric residents and is associated with suboptimal patient care attitudes and behaviors, according to research published online Feb. 23 in Pediatrics.
Feb 25, 2017
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The private group that oversees physician training in the United States has proposed rolling back rules so that young doctors just out of medical school can work shifts as long as 28 hours.
Dec 21, 2016
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