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‘Momentous’ USMLE change: New pass/fail format stuns medicine
February 19, 2020
Step 1 had been criticized as playing too big a role in the process of becoming a physician and for causing students to study for the test instead of engaging fully in their medical education.
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What you absolutely need to know about tail coverage
February 10, 2020
Physicians in all stages of their career may need tail coverage when they leave a job, change malpractice carriers, or retire. But young physicians often have greater problems with tail coverage.
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Suicide rate higher than average for female clinicians
January 23, 2020
Male health care practitioners are less likely than all working-age men to die by suicide.
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Medscape survey points to generational differences in physician burnout
January 21, 2020
Pulmonology specialists reported a burnout rate of 41%.
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Cognitive screening of older physicians: What’s fair?
January 17, 2020
A new report leads to questions about how to standardize the process rather than have a piecemeal institutional approach and whether to focus less on tests scores and more on clinical performance.
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Drop in flu activity may not signal seasonal peak
January 13, 2020
“Hospitalization rates and percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remain low,” the CDC says.
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Flu records most active December since 2003
January 3, 2020
The CDC estimates that 6.4 million flu illnesses and 55,000 hospitalizations have occurred so far this season.
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Quantifying the EHR connection to burnout
December 3, 2019
New research puts a more standard, quantifiable measure to the relationship between EHR usability and burnout.
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Demeaning patient behavior takes emotional toll on physicians
October 28, 2019
Deciding how or whether to respond was often dictated by the level of support from colleagues, a professional responsibility to peers.
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NAM offers recommendations to fight clinician burnout
October 24, 2019
A National Academy of Medicine report provides a roadmap for both broad and targeted efforts to address clinician burnout.
