Residency Programs news from FierceHealthcare
NewsRelief from physician shortage coming soon?
It's no secret that the current physician shortage has looming problems of lack of medical care for more insured patients, workload burdens for existing physicians, and difficulties with recruitment. 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...
'Strategic napping' recommended for sleep-deprived residents
New standards limit the work days of medical interns to 16 hours per work shift, down from 24 hours, and set stricter requirements for exceptions. Second-year residents may work a maximum of 24 hours Read more...
Trend: More than half of primary-care doctor grads are immigrants
If the primary-care physician shortage hasn't absolutely exploded, it seems we have your friendly immigrant doctor to thank. After all, unless something changes dramatically in the way U.S. Read more...
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