Search results for "Education"
Interdisciplinary rounds include more nurse communication when attendings present
Attendings spent more time talking with nurses and were more likely to initiate a conversation about nurse concerns during interdisciplinary rounds compared to residents, interns, and medical students, observers found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/23/interdisciplinary-rounds-include-more-nurse-communication-when-attendings-present.htm
23 Aug 2023
Chief residents run a procedure service
A chief resident-led procedure service celebrates 10 years and reports positive results.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/free/chief-residents-run-a-procedure-service.htm
16 Aug 2023
Hospital antibiograms may not be accurate for selecting initial empiric therapy
A retrospective cohort study of Veterans Health Administration facilities found that facility-level antibiograms had limited utility in predicting individual resistance for Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species in individual patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/hospital-antibiograms-may-not-be-accurate-for-selecting-initial-empiric-therapy.htm
16 Aug 2023
Written discharge instructions more effective when provided in multiple languages
Researchers at one U.S. academic medical center found that patients had fewer questions about their medications after discharge when written instructions were provided in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/written-discharge-instructions-more-effective-when-provided-in-multiple-languages.htm
2 Aug 2023
Audience archetypes
Two frequent conference speakers offer their taxonomy of attendees.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/free/audience-archetypes.htm
26 Jul 2023
Procedure committee set standards for measuring residents' competence
A recent study described how a procedure competency committee of hospitalists reviewed internal medicine residents' procedure portfolios and assessed their ability to perform various procedures with assistance, with direct supervision, or with indirect supervision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/procedure-committee-set-standards-for-measuring-residents-competence.htm
26 Jul 2023
Remote work for hospitalists
Telehospitalist systems provide benefits for both small hospitals and physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/remote-work-for-hospitalists.htm
19 Jul 2023
Chatbot performance appears similar to residents', medical students' on tests, studies find
Recent studies asked ChatGPT to generate a history of present illness based on an interview script and to take a clinical reasoning exam given to first- and second-year medical students.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/chatbot-performance-appears-similar-to-residents-medical-students-on-tests-studies-find.htm
19 Jul 2023
Co-occurrence of social risk factors linked to hospital use, outcomes in heart failure
A study in Minnesota found that less formal education, more social isolation, and a higher area deprivation index were the factors most strongly associated with hospitalization and that heart failure patients with multiple risk factors were at the highest risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/co-occurrence-of-social-risk-factors-linked-to-hospital-use-outcomes-in-heart-failure.htm
19 Jul 2023
Intervening on interruptions
Hospitalists should take steps to mitigate the effects of interruptions on their work, researchers say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/free/intervening-on-interruptions.htm
28 Jun 2023