Search results for "Medical Education"
ACGME recommends restricting first-years to 16 duty hours per day
MKSAP Quiz: Maintenance of epilepsy drug
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/2.htm
29 Jun 2010
HRSA offers grant funds to expand primary care
Mylotarg withdrawn from market
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/9.htm
29 Jun 2010
Obituaries
Winthrop Fish, FACP; Coy D. Fitch, MACP; and Edward D. “Ted” Harris, MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/07/obituaries.htm
1 Jul 2010
Health care reform's effects on physicians described
Health care reform's effects on physicians describedEarly palliative care improves quality of life in patients with metastatic lung cancer
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/24/1.htm
24 Aug 2010
Learning to learn: Simulators are easy, inexpensive to make
There's no need to spend hundreds of dollars on learning simulators when they can be made with supplies that cost pocket change and a few hours of time. Examples from the Herbert S. Waxman Clinical Skills Center provide step-by-step instructions for learning to drain an abscess.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/waxman.htm
1 Oct 2010
Continuous glucose monitoring—a good fit for primary care?
Continuous glucose monitoring is a complex task, even for physicians. Internists will have to step in to help endocrinologists manage the rising population of type 1 diabetics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2010
Health care reform, PCMHs forge a new path for primary care
A new focus by health care reform advocates on the patient-centered medical home will forge a path toward financing and delivering primary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2010
ACGME approves final duty hour and supervision standards
MKSAP Quiz: progressive, dull, epigastric pain
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/05/2.htm
5 Oct 2010
AAIM offers textbook for internal medicine education programs
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine is offering The Toolkit Series: A Textbook for Internal Medicine Education Programs for internal medicine residency and fellowship education.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/26/11.htm
26 Oct 2010
Drug company information might influence prescribing habits
Warnings added to prostate cancer drugs
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/26/6.htm
26 Oct 2010