Latest Residents News

• American Board of Surgery's First Virtual Certifying Exam a Huge Success The exam was met with high marks from the general-surgery trainees who took it, with most preferring the virtual platform, according to a report from the ABS research committee.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Meet the Patients Who Helped Run a Big Aspirin Trial
  WebMD Health News, July 23, 2021
• FM Diversity Has Increased, but More Physicians of Color Needed Family medicine has evolved in many ways since its inception in 1969, especially in terms of the people who are practicing it, but it still needs more diversity to represent the faces of patients.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2021
• ASCO 2021 Sharp Turn in Career Path: Leaving Academic Medicine Behind Dr David Schenkein had aspired to, and achieved, a career in academic medicine and envisaged staying "until they take me out in a box." So why did this physician move to industry?
  Medscape Medical News, July 20, 2021
• Nursing School Operators Charged With Selling Bogus Diplomas The owners and operators of nursing schools in Virginia and Florida have been charged with plotting to sell bogus transcripts and diplomas and helping unqualified candidates get healthcare jobs.
  Associated Press, July 19, 2021
• Medical School Student Influx May Overwhelm Montana Resources Leaders of a medical school program in Montana say two proposed medical schools could create a flood of students they worry will strain the clinical faculty and resources in the state they use for training.
  Kaiser Health News, July 16, 2021
• Can Removing Urban Highways Improve the Health of US Cities? Pollution and noise from urban highways intersect with illness for neighbors. But 'green' developments that replace them can displace the very families harmed in the first place.
  Kaiser Health News, July 15, 2021
• Behind Wyoming and Colorado's Anomalous COVID Spikes Statistics show that Colorado residents are more likely than Wyoming residents to be vaccinated against COVID. Yet both were among the top 12 states with the highest COVID case rates at the beginning of July.
  Kaiser Health News, July 14, 2021
• Resident Pay, Relationships Stay Steady Amid Uncertainty of COVID New report shows salary stability for US medical residents as many adapted to the reality of treating pandemic patients as part of their education.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2021
• She Wanted to Be a Doctor. Her Parents Stood in the Way Kathryn Hitchcock's parents did not want her to be a doctor for fear of her growing apart from her roots in a different social and economic class.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2021
• Highly Respected, Beloved Neurologist Dies Highly respected and beloved pediatric neurologist Verne Strudwick Caviness, Jr, attended on the stroke and child neurology services at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for five decades.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2021
• California Medical Board Investigates Doctor's Diabetes Treatment A San Diego doctor faces charges before the California medical board after two patients received a controversial diabetes treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, June 29, 2021
• Diversity of Pediatric Residents, Fellows Continues to Lag The proportion of underrepresented groups in pediatric fellowships decreased between 2007 and 2019, and those in pediatric residencies remained stagnant, a study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, June 28, 2021
• 'Major Victory' for MDs on Bill to Hold Physicians Accountable The board that licenses and disciplines doctors in California is failing to hold bad actors accountable, endangering patients in the process, say state lawmakers and patient advocates seeking reform.
  Kaiser Health News, June 28, 2021
• How a Shortage of Mental Health Beds Keeps Kids Inside ERs What's known as emergency room boarding of psychiatric patients has risen between 200% and 400% monthly in Massachusetts during the pandemic — and the problem is widespread.
  Kaiser Health News, June 25, 2021
• Unmatched Doctors: How Big Is the Problem, and What Can Be Done? Determining the exact scope of the "unmatched doctor crisis" is as complicated as its causes. Experts say the problems are very real and that solutions are their own can of worms.
  Medscape Medical News, June 24, 2021
• MD Jailed for Road Rage, Career Spirals Downhill A road rage conflict leads to jail time, financial penalties, and a Medicare enrollment ban for an emergency physician. Learn how his life and career were impacted by the incident.
  Medscape Medical News, June 23, 2021
• Reflections on an Unequal Healthcare System All three women live in Maryland, all of them are Black mothers, and they all believe the medical community in this country discriminates against Blacks.
  WebMD Health News, June 22, 2021
• California Offers Digital Record of Coronavirus Vaccination "The odds are someone is going to misplace their paper CDC card and a digital COVID-19 vaccine record provides a convenient backup," Erica Pan, MD, told reporters.
  Associated Press, June 21, 2021
• The Realities of 'No Jab, No Job' for Healthcare Workers Despite a hearts-and-minds campaign and millions spent in incentives, managers struggle to get staffs vaccinated against COVID. Some workers have threatened to quit, which employers can't afford.
  Kaiser Health News, June 18, 2021