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New docs unprepared for office-based care
Despite the widespread belief that the U.S. medical education system produces superbly skilled clinicians, a recent survey of department chiefs from Kaiser Permanente reveals some surprising insights
Hourly limits for surgical residents in Switzerland negatively impact training, patient safety
In the last five years, Switzerland, like the U.S., has tried to implement restrictions on the hours surgical residents can work. And, just like in the U.S., residents and surgical consultants both
Residents' inexperience, fatigue concern physicians and the public
A new study by researchers at University of California at San Diego provides some of the hardest evidence yet for a phenomenon physicians have long referred to as the "July effect": a spike in
Proposed resident work hour limitations could cost teaching hospitals $1.6B
Residents are the engine that drives teaching hospitals--so cutting down their work hours would be costly. Just how costly? Well, if teaching hospitals were required to follow Institute of Medicine
Proposed resident work hour limitations could cost teaching hospitals $1.6B
Residents are the engine that drives teaching hospitals--so cutting down their work hours would be costly. Just how costly? Well, if teaching hospitals were required to follow Institute of Medicine
