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NewsThe 16-hour day dilemma: Will shortening residents' hours work?
Coming this July, medical residents will receive a "gift" in terms of possibly getting a little more shut eye. Under new guidelines approved last year by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Read more...
Limiting residents' work shifts may hurt continuity of care
Standards designed to improve patient safety may actually endanger the quality of medical residents' training, according to a study published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. One of the Read more...
Supreme Court: Residents' earnings should be taxed
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that medical residents will not be considered students under federal tax law. Instead, they will be treated as full-time employees, SCOTUSblog reports. Read more...
Wake up call: Sleepy residents don't make worse surgeons, study says
Tired surgery residents aren't worse surgeons than their better-rested peers, according to a study published in the Journal of Surgical Research. This finding, based on a review of the outcomes of Read more...
Hourly limits for surgical residents in Switzerland negatively impact training, patient safety
In the last five years, Switzerland, like the U.S., has tried to implement restrictions on the hours surgical residents can work. And, just like in the U.S., residents and surgical consultants both Read more...
Residents' inexperience, fatigue concern physicians and the public
A new study by researchers at University of California at San Diego provides some of the hardest evidence yet for a phenomenon physicians have long referred to as the "July effect": a spike in Read more...
What good is healthcare reform without enough doctors?
There appears to be one significant gap that the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare reform bill doesn't address: The shortage of doctors. The American Academy of Family Physicians predicts that Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Young doctors going for 'appearance' specialties
So, if you had to guess, what do you think are the most competitive specialties training slots vied for by young medical residents? Cardiology? Neurology? Brain surgery? No, actually, they're Read more...
| Press ReleasesAT&T, Southwest VA Area Health Education Center Collaborate to Improve Health Care Training in RegionMARION, Va., Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to help improve access to healthcare professionals in rural Southwest Virginia, representatives from AT&T* today joined the Southwest Read more >> ACGME Board Approves Final Duty Hour and Supervision Standards to Ensure Excellent Resident Education and Quality Patient CareFor more information contact: Julie Jacob, 312-755-7133 juliej@acgme.org or Nancy Brennan, 312-755- nbrennan@acgme.org ACGME Board Approves Final Duty Hour and Read more >> Statement by US Department of Labor's OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels on long work hours, fatigue and worker safetyRelease Number:10-1238-NAT Sept. 2, 2010 Contact: Jason Surbey Diana Petterson Phone: 202-693-4668 202-693-1898 E-mail: surbey.jason@dol.gov petterson.diana@dol.gov Statement by US Read more >> St. Mary's Medical Center to Deploy ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision SupportMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that St. Mary’s Medical Center has selected Read more >> Neurosurgeons Praise Revised Medical Resident Work Hour RulesACGME’s Proposed Changes will Promote Quality Resident Training and Patient Safety WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), American Board of Read more >> |
