You may be surprised and dismayed when you find out. A study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine from a VA hospital affiliated with the University of Wisconsin reveals some startling facts. During a 14-hour call period...
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A recent survey from the Physician’s Foundation revealed a snapshot of what physicians are...
Read MoreThe following are all actual journals that seem really interesting [with my comments in brackets]. If I only had more time … 1. Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi – The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology 2. Antioxidants & Redox...
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The number of women applicants to medical school has increased steadily over the past few decades,...
Read MoreThe presence of urinary tract infections and surgical site infections appears to be significantly associated with patient-to-nurse ratios, according to a study from Rutgers University. Hospitals that reduced burnout by 30% had...
Read MoreSurvey results from more than 2,600 medical students suggest that positive mental health may help reduce the severity of consequences resulting from burnout. As mental health improved, the prevalence of suicidal ideation and...
Read More“Variation and Imprecision of Clerkship Grading in US Medical Schools” is the understated title of the paper in the August 2012 issue of the journal Academic Medicine. The authors, from the department of medicine at Brigham and...
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New research was presented at ICAAC 2012, the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents...
Read MoreTwo recent papers have prompted me to ask myself the question, “Why do malpractice suits take so long to be resolved?” One was by a group from Harvard, USC and the RAND Corporation. They looked at more than 10,000 closed...
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The idea of advanced practice nurses directing primary care practices on their own without a...
Read MoreResearchers from New York have found that the majority of emergency medicine residents do not appear to meet the target number of steps taken per 12-hour shift that has been set forth by the CDC and surgeon general. Study...
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The integration of personal and professional lives appears to pose a substantial challenge for...
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Most surgery residents do not appear to perceive that quality of care would be noticeably improved...
Read MoreThe September 2012 issue of the AARP Bulletin has a story about a woman who sued an elder-law attorney for legal malpractice. Bear with me. It’s an interesting tale. In 2004, a man consulted an elder-law attorney to set up a...
Read MoreIf you pay attention at all to news about medicine, you must have heard about the tragic death of a 12-year-old boy who was seen and discharged from the emergency department of the prestigious New York University Medical Center....
Read MoreSalaries among mid-career academic physicians appear to vary between men and women, according to an American study. The average salary for men was $200,433, compared with $167,669 for women. Gender differences persisted after...
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A recent survey found almost 1 in 2 physicians experience one significant symptom of burnout. Do...
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The prevalence of substance use disorders in the United States has been well documented in...
Read More“Sometimes, the hardest thing for a physician to do is nothing,” observed my colleague Jay Siwek, MD, in a recent editorial in American Family Physician. “And although patients are sometimes a source of excess...
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Results of a Medscape survey indicate that physician income declined in general in 2012, but the...
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