Search results for "Academic Medicine"
Internal medicine residents report high interest, limited competence in hospital medicine
More than half of surveyed residents expected to work in hospital medicine in the future, but only 30% felt confident of their competence to perform procedures or point-of-care ultrasound, and most expressed desire for more instruction in these and other areas.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/16/internal-medicine-residents-report-high-interest-limited-competence-in-hospital-medicine.htm
16 Oct 2024
Putting subinterns on direct care hospitalist service increased teaching opportunities
One or two subinterns were paired with three hospitalists on three weeks of day service and five nights in an apprenticeship model at one academic medical center, with successful results described in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/25/putting-subinterns-on-direct-care-hospitalist-service-increased-teaching-opportunities.htm
25 Sep 2024
Faculty coaching for first-year residents appeared to help with burnout effects
A coaching program at one institution showed a significant benefit on goal-setting attitudes, professional fulfillment, and perceived program career support among burned-out residents, in addition to being associated with an overall lower rate of burnout among residents.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/03/faculty-coaching-for-first-year-residents-appeared-to-help-with-burnout-effects.htm
3 Jul 2024
Acting interns satisfied by experiences on teaching services without residents
An academic institution compared fourth-year medical students' impressions after working on teams with just an attending and one other student versus those of students on traditional teaching teams. Satisfaction ratings were similar.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/26/acting-interns-satisfied-by-experiences-on-teaching-services-without-residents.htm
26 Jun 2024
Government highlights need for consent before exams on patients under anesthesia
In response to reports of intimate exams being performed by trainees on patients under anesthesia, officials called on academic hospitals and medical schools to always obtain and document informed consent.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/government-highlights-need-for-consent-before-exams-on-patients-under-anesthesia.htm
10 Apr 2024
Milestone ratings system reduced bias against some underrepresented residents
Switching from the Resident Annual Evaluation Summary to the Milestone ratings system reduced bias for some groups that are underrepresented in medicine. However, substantial bias continued for U.S.-born Black residents.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/milestone-ratings-system-reduced-bias-against-some-underrepresented-residents.htm
3 Jan 2024
Resilience, work-life balance contribute to resident flourishing, survey finds
Peer support and camaraderie between residents and a clear shared mission of the residency program were associated with greater flourishing, according to a survey of internal medicine residents in three states.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/resilience-work-life-balance-contribute-to-resident-flourishing-survey-finds.htm
20 Dec 2023
Hospital medicine programs strategize responses to growth in clinical workload
Interviews with hospital medicine leaders from academic medical centers that experienced clinical growth in the past five years found that they are dealing with mismatches in supply and demand for teaching and clinical care roles.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/hospital-medicine-programs-strategize-responses-to-growth-in-clinical-workload.htm
15 Nov 2023
HM gaining ground as IM career choice, even among primary care track residents
Surveys of third-year internal medicine (IM) residents in 2019 to 2021 found that 9.4% were planning a career in general internal medicine, 15.1% in hospital medicine (HM), and 67.9% in a subspecialty, a significant increase in interest in HM compared to a decade earlier.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/06/hm-gaining-ground-as-im-career-choice-even-among-primary-care-track-residents.htm
6 Sep 2023
Residency applicants stating geographic preferences got more interviews, matches
A new study looked at the effects of the American Association of Medical Colleges allowing applicants to signal program preferences and choose preferred geographic regions on internal medicine categorical and preliminary residents' match process in 2022.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/09/residency-applicants-stating-geographic-preferences-got-more-interviews-matches.htm
9 Aug 2023
Current internal medicine residents favor returning to in-person recruitment
Most internal medicine residents thought that virtual recruitment led medical students to apply to more programs and take more interviews, a fall 2021 survey found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/03/current-internal-medicine-residents-favor-returning-to-in-person-recruitment.htm
3 May 2023
Scholarly productivity of hospital medicine full professors varies, tied to grants
While the median number of publications by a hospital medicine full professor was 15.0, the top quintile of professors had a median of 175.5 publications, whereas those in the fifth quintile had a median of 0.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/06/scholarly-productivity-of-hospital-medicine-full-professors-varies-tied-to-grants.htm
6 Jul 2022
Mistreatment, discrimination more common for medical students in marginalized identity groups
Graduating students of U.S. medical schools who were female, non-White, or lesbian, gay, or bisexual also had higher levels of burnout, particularly if they belonged to more than one of these groups.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/30/mistreatment-discrimination-more-common-for-medical-students-in-marginalized-identity-groups.htm
30 Mar 2022
Nearly half of internal medicine residents report experiencing mistreatment, survey finds
A survey of residents who completed the ACP Internal Medicine In-Training Examination in 2019 found that 48.3% reported experiencing mistreatment and 62.4% reported witnessing mistreatment, most often by patients and their families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/nearly-half-of-internal-medicine-residents-reported-experiencing-mistreatment.htm
9 Mar 2022
Gender-based disparities in starting salaries common in academic medicine
A study using U.S. compensation data from 2019 to 2020 found that starting salaries were lower for women in 93% of subspecialties and that initial salary parity in these subspecialities could increase women's 10-year earning potential by a median of $250,075.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/gender-based-disparities-in-starting-salaries-common-in-academic-medicine.htm
23 Feb 2022
Morning report ubiquitous in internal medicine since 1986, with some changes
A 2018 survey of internal medicine program directors found that morning report continues to be highly prevalent but is held less frequently, for less time, and often later in the day than in 1986. Almost 40% of program directors reported feeling pressure to move or cancel morning report.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/06/3.htm
6 Oct 2021
Trainees appear to evaluate general internal medicine faculty performance differently by gender
In the inpatient setting, male faculty were rated more favorably for overall teaching and across all competencies, while the only observed gender difference in the outpatient setting favored female faculty in patient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/3.htm
25 Aug 2021
Gender pay gap persists in internal medicine, especially in procedural subspecialties
Only general internal medicine, endocrinology, and geriatrics had more women than men, and only 26% of full professors were women, an analysis of U.S. internal medicine faculty in 2018 to 2019 found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/21/3.htm
21 Jul 2021
Promotion rates, scholarly productivity appear low in academic hospital medicine
In a cross-sectional study of U.S. academic hospital medicine faculty at top institutions, 2.7% had reached the rank of full professor, and scholarly publication overall was uncommon, with more than half of the hospitalists having never published.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/23/2.htm
23 Jun 2021
Training meets pandemic
Academic medicine adapted rapidly to COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/training-meets-pandemic.htm
15 Aug 2020