Latest Residents News

• DO Match Day Yields More Than 500 Primary Care Residents Primary care specialties make up 56% of matches, with orthopedic surgery tops in specialty placements.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• U.S. Army Vows to Fix 'Broken' Housing at Fort Meade in Wake of Reuters Report The commander of one of the largest Army bases in the United States promised residents to fix a "broken" housing system in which maintenance lapses by a private landlord left military families in homes with health and safety hazards.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• Med-Student Documentation Guidelines Need Careful Implementation New student-documentation guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require careful implementation to avoid reductions in meaningful teaching physician involvement, according to a new report.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• Students Urge Step 1 Fixes, Physician Leaders Reply With Insult The response seems to indicate a generational divide in the medical community.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• New Commission Report Is Tough on MOC The commission formed by the American Board of Medical Specialties urged a switch from high-stakes summative exams to yearly, formative assessments.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• More Nurse Practitioners Providing Primary Care Where MDs in Short Supply A growing number of nurse practitioners are providing primary care in rural and low-income U.S. communities where the physician workforce is shrinking, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• MOC Alternative Showing Success A 30-question assessment taken online quarterly gives immediate feedback, asks physicians to rate their confidence on each answer, and links questions with CME.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Cancer Mortality Continues to Spiral Downward in the US National snapshot of cancer in the US shows a continued decline in mortality rates for the most common cancers in men and women with a few notable exceptions.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• After Bitter Closure, Rural Texas Hospital Reopens The 25-bed hospital in Crockett, Texas, abruptly closed its doors in 2017, but the community kept the faith and several doctors reopened the facility this year.
  Kaiser Health News, January 2019
• Physician, 57, Killed by Falling Ice While Hiking Judith Pinsker was a primary care physician at Tufts Medical Center for more than 20 years. She spoke fluent Spanish, played the flute, and loved the outdoors and helping with medical service trips.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• More Programs Offering Global-health Education for Pediatric Residents An increasing number of training programs are offering global-health education for pediatric residents, but gaps remain, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• 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