Search results for "Medical Education"
ACP urges doctors to focus on ‘hidden curriculum’
Among other recommendations, faculty and senior clinicians should model empathy, encourage reflection and discussion of positive and negative behaviors in the training environment, and promote clinician wellness.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/06/4.htm
6 Mar 2018
Prepping IM residents for primary care
Although most patient visits and more than 60% of procedures now occur in the outpatient setting, most of the focus on residency training is on critically ill patients in the hospital.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2017/05/education.htm
1 May 2017
ACP issues comprehensive statement on U.S. immigration policy
The statement details ACP's opposition to discrimination, religious tests, refugee bans, and denial of entry to persons with legal visas and expresses grave concerns about the implications of the recent executive order on medical education, access to health care services, public health, and families.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/07/2.htm
7 Feb 2017
Being a male ally of women in the workplace
Two physicians discuss identifying microaggressions and learning how to speak up.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/09/being-a-male-ally-of-women-in-the-workplace.htm
1 Sep 2022
Democrats must reconcile to pass reconciliation
As the Democratic leadership moves forward with their slim majorities in Congress, they must agree among themselves on trillions of dollars of health care programs, including universal health care, Medicare expansion, and more tax subsidies for the Affordable Care Act.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2021/10/democrats-must-reconcile-to-pass-reconciliation.htm
1 Oct 2021
Internal medicine looks ahead
This issue addresses ACP's virtual meeting for student members, advances in heart failure comanagement, and conference coverage.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2021/07/internal-medicine-looks-ahead.htm
1 Jul 2021
Longer shifts proposed for first-year residents
A task force of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has removed the current requirement limiting first-year residents to 16 hours on shift, and has proposed limiting the shift to 24 hours on-task plus 4 hours to manage transitions of care.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/15/5.htm
15 Nov 2016
Doctors-in-training dealing with discrimination
Between 17% and 95% of medical trainees report mistreatment and discrimination. Strategies can be enacted to combat it.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2017/04/discrimination.htm
1 Apr 2017
Managing money for medical school
Medical students can expect to pay a median four-year bill of $250,222 for public and $330,180 for private education.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2019/02/managing-money-for-medical-school.htm
1 Feb 2019
‘Gold standard’ underused for substance misuse
While effective medications to treat opioid addiction are available in primary care, few physicians prescribe buprenorphine or naltrexone, and few would obtain the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) waiver to prescribe buprenorphine.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2020/11/gold-standard-underused-for-substance-misuse.htm
1 Nov 2020