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Nursing homes, hospitals collaborated, reduced drug-resistant infections

A countywide program of chlorhexidine bathing and nasal iodophor antisepsis for residents in long-term care and hospitalized patients who were on contact precautions reduced colonization and related hospitalizations and deaths.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/nursing-homes-hospitals-collaborated-reduced-drug-resistant-infections.htm
10 Apr 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

Procedure committee set standards for measuring residents' competence

A recent study described how a procedure competency committee of hospitalists reviewed internal medicine residents' procedure portfolios and assessed their ability to perform various procedures with assistance, with direct supervision, or with indirect supervision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/procedure-committee-set-standards-for-measuring-residents-competence.htm
26 Jul 2023

Resident handoff quality, adverse event rate improved after I-PASS implementation

Across 32 hospitals, major and minor handoff-related reported adverse events fell by nearly 50% following implementation of the verbal and written handoff communication improvement program in general pediatric and internal medicine units.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/free/resident-handoff-quality-adverse-event-rate-improved-after-i-pass-implementation.htm
9 Nov 2022

Why are physicians unionizing?

Residents recently voted to newly unionize at Stanford University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Vermont, among other programs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/free/why-are-physicians-unionizing.htm
21 Sep 2022

Please, no more ‘pimping’ in med ed

For decades, medical trainees who've been grilled in a traditional manner have felt the burn of shame and humiliation. A hospitalist and educator calls for change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/17/free/please-no-more-pimping-in-med-ed.htm
17 Aug 2022

Few internal medicine residency programs provide clinical opioid-related training

A 2019 survey of members of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine found that while 82% of programs required some training in safe opioid prescribing and opioid use disorder treatment, few programs required clinical experiences.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/10/4.htm
10 Nov 2021