Search results for "Education"
Where's your niche?
Academic hospitalists explain how to build a fulfilling career by focusing on a small, specific area of education or research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/wheres-your-niche.htm
17 Apr 2024
Few internal medicine residency programs provide clinical opioid-related training
A 2019 survey of members of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine found that while 82% of programs required some training in safe opioid prescribing and opioid use disorder treatment, few programs required clinical experiences.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/10/4.htm
10 Nov 2021
Handling class and classes at once
Medical school poses hidden challenges for students from less privileged backgrounds. Experts discuss how to help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/handling-class-and-classes-at-once.htm
3 Apr 2024
COVID-19's effects on medical training, stroke care in August ACP Hospitalist
The August ACP Hospitalist is online and in the mail, with articles about academic medicine that focus on pandemic effects, procedure training, and the closure of a residency program. There's also expert advice on strokes associated with COVID-19 and on insulin switches.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/12/2.htm
12 Aug 2020
Government highlights need for consent before exams on patients under anesthesia
In response to reports of intimate exams being performed by trainees on patients under anesthesia, officials called on academic hospitals and medical schools to always obtain and document informed consent.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/government-highlights-need-for-consent-before-exams-on-patients-under-anesthesia.htm
10 Apr 2024
Maintaining medical education and hospital capacity in the pandemic
Experts have proposed a variety of modifications to medical education in response to COVID-19, and new tools help predict patient volumes and personal protective equipment use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/15/4.htm
15 Apr 2020
A peek at your peers
A peer observation program offers lessons for both early-career and more experienced hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/a-peek-at-your-peers.htm
27 Mar 2024
Study finds early skill decay after paracentesis training in residency
In a study of internal medicine residents who underwent paracentesis simulation training, performance on the Paracentesis Competency Assessment Tool significantly declined three months later.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/3.htm
30 Sep 2020
Machine learning approach estimated individual treatment effect of steroids in septic shock
Researchers used individual-patient data from four trials on corticosteroid supplementation in adults with septic shock to model the individual treatment effect, with the machine learning-derived individualized treatment strategy yielding a positive net mortality benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/16/4.htm
16 Dec 2020
Knowing when AI is wrong
Physicians need to learn the explanations behind artificial intelligence (AI) answers, say the authors of a study in which hospitalists had lower diagnostic accuracy when working with biased AI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/knowing-when-ai-is-wrong.htm
13 Mar 2024