Search results for "Medical Education"
ACP urges doctors to focus on ‘hidden curriculum’
Faculty and senior clinicians should model empathy and encourage reflection and discussion of positive and negative behaviors in the training environment, the College's position paper said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/07/4.htm
7 Mar 2018
Diagnostic error found in care of 23% of patients who died or were transferred to ICU
The most common causes of diagnostic errors were assessment and testing issues, according to an analysis of patients who were transferred to an ICU, died, or both while hospitalized with general medical conditions at any of 29 academic centers in 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/diagnostic-error-found-in-care-of-23percent-of-patients-who-died-or-were-transferred-to-icu.htm
17 Jan 2024
In the News
Malpractice claim numbers, hospitalization rates for sepsis and septicemia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2011
When it's not a fever
When you see a patient with a temperature of 101, what do you note in the chart? Probably, “fever,” right? Maybe not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/fever.htm
15 Jun 2011
Bullies in the hospital
The problem of bullies in school extends all the way through medical training, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/q-a-bullies-hospital.htm
15 Jun 2016
Hospital medicine around the world
The field is catching on in several countries outside the U.S., Canada and Europe. Although the health care systems and situations may differ, supporters’ reasons for wanting hospital medicine to flourish there are often the same, and the barriers are often similar, as well.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/world.htm
15 Jul 2009
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
The hospitalist teacher
Bedside rounding combines medical education and patient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/teacher.htm
15 Aug 2008
How does your handoff rate?
Learning how to receive a handoff is as important as learning to how to send one.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/qa.htm
15 Jul 2013
Improving teamwork through the selection of medical trainees
Admissions requirements and interviews could be modified to emphasize teamwork, among other strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/residents.htm
15 Jan 2015