Search results for "Medical education"
Strategies for succeeding as an inpatient physician
Attendings should advocate that their time be protected to ensure that they can fulfill their primary responsibilities during the rotation: patient care and education.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/medical.htm
15 May 2011
Recent Research
Restrictive transfusions, hospice care use, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/rr.htm
15 May 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
July change in physician trainees increases mortality, lowers efficiency
Year-end changeovers of physician trainees at teaching hospitals are associated with increased mortality and lower efficiency of care during July, a new review of studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/13/1.htm
13 Jul 2011
Reducing unnecessary testing
Efforts to test more judiciously represent a dramatic shift in the way physicians use tests to aid diagnosis and guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/coverstory.htm
15 Jul 2011
Next-gen computers programmed to listen, advise and diagnose
Will computers someday replace physicians as diagnosticians?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/diagnosis.htm
15 Aug 2011
Useless charts and fresh eyes in handoffs
The medical record is not all that helpful when you don't know a patient and have to make a quick, on-the-spot decision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/blog.htm
15 Sep 2011
From China to the U.S.—and back
A student recounts the obstacles he faced when preparing to study in the U.S.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/student.htm
15 Oct 2011
Minorities bring med school applications to all-time high
The number of first-time applicants to medical school reached an all-time high in 2011, increasing by 2.6% over last year to about 32,700 students, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/02/5.htm
2 Nov 2011
Top Docs
Our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes leaders and teachers, innovators and mentors, researchers and pioneers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2011