Latest Residents News

• Parental Leave Policies Fall Short for Med School Residents Despite resident physicians being in their prime childbearing years and pushed to endure inflexible work shifts, medical schools often don't have adequate parental leave policies.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Internists Initiate Class-Action Suit Against ABIM Over MOC The federal antitrust suit argues that the internal medicine board has stifled competition by tying maintenance of certification to initial certification.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• 'Narrative Medicine' May Help Stem Physician Burnout As reports of rising levels of physician burnout and suicide accumulate, two pediatricians urge medical programs to consider using "narrative medicine" to help humanize practice and begin to treat the heavy emotional toll many doctors experience.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Inappropriate Questions Common During Orthopedic-Surgery-Residency Interviews Women applying for orthopedic-surgery-residency programs today are just as likely to be asked inappropriate questions as they were four decades ago, new findings show.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• AAO 2018Sexual Harassment Common in Ophthalmology, Survey Finds Anecdotal reports of sexual harassment at work and results from a survey on the issue in ophthalmology, completed primarily by women, reveal a challenging problem.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• AMA Will Award $15 Million in Grants to Reimagine Residency This 5-year second phase builds on revamping medical education. Up to eight projects will receive funding next year to help bridge the gap between current training and the evolving healthcare system.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• New Assistant Physician Licensure Program Raises Concerns A Missouri program designed to increase access to care may lead to inferior care, researchers warn.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Nocturnal Monitoring May Reduce SUDEP in Severe Epilepsy Monitoring patients with severe epilepsy in residential care facilities during the night was associated with a much lower rate of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP), a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• MOC as Antitrust Issue: DOJ Backs More Choice in Certification Proposed Maryland legislation would promote greater competition among sponsors of physician specialty certification recognized by hospitals and insurers; the US Department of Justice approves.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Should Breast Surgery Be Its Own Medical Specialty? In the US, there are medical specialty boards for thoracic surgery, orthopedic surgery, head and neck surgery, colorectal surgery, and surgery for a variety of other organs/systems. But not the breast.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Doctor's Medical School Choice Doesn't Predict Patient Outcomes Where a doctor went to medical school in the U.S. doesn't predict how well that doctor's patients will do, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• AAFP 2018Alternative to 10-Year MOC Exam Coming in 2019 Early next year, a pilot program will allow family physicians to answer 25 open-book questions every quarter on any computer, at no charge, instead of the 10-year maintenance of certification exam.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Big Changes Proposed for Dental Licensure A coalition of leading dental organizations has proposed eliminating live patient exams and standardizing dental licensure exams nationwide.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal Christopher Duntsch's surgical outcomes were so outlandishly poor that Texas prosecuted him for harming patients.
  ProPublica, October 2018
• Should Medical School Be Free? To address the problem of physician debt, some schools are offering free tuition.
  Medscape Reader Polls, October 2018
• How Medical Schools Can Meet Mental Health Needs of Students A school-based mental healthcare model helps medical students overcome barriers to accessing treatment for depression.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Minority Doctors in US Residency Programs Routinely Face Racism Minority doctors in training routinely deal with bias, sometimes subtle, sometimes not so subtle, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Racism, Sexism, Other Forms of Discrimination Persist in Ob/Gyn A trilogy of new articles details the many shapes and forms of discrimination and bias experienced by ob/gyn practitioners and suggests strategies to help tackle them.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Higher Postoperative UTI Rates When Medical Students Place Catheter Postoperative urinary tract infection (UTI) rates are higher after Foley catheter placement by medical students than after placement by operating-room nurses or surgical residents, according to U.S. data.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• After Florence, Significant Worry Over Infectious Diseases
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018