Search results for "Medical Education"
Med rec for hospitalists and hospitals
An expert explains how to do a good medication reconciliation for a single patient, and how to improve them throughout a whole system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/med-rec-for-hospitalists-and-hospitals.htm
15 May 2024
Where's your niche?
Academic hospitalists explain how to build a fulfilling career by focusing on a small, specific area of education or research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/wheres-your-niche.htm
17 Apr 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
Knowing when AI is wrong
Physicians need to learn the explanations behind artificial intelligence (AI) answers, say the authors of a study in which hospitalists had lower diagnostic accuracy when working with biased AI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/knowing-when-ai-is-wrong.htm
13 Mar 2024
Lots to learn about long-term care
A new curriculum helped hospitalists moving into postacute care fill gaps in their knowledge base.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/lots-to-learn-about-long-term-care.htm
28 Feb 2024
Diagnostic error found in care of 23% of patients who died or were transferred to ICU
The most common causes of diagnostic errors were assessment and testing issues, according to an analysis of patients who were transferred to an ICU, died, or both while hospitalized with general medical conditions at any of 29 academic centers in 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/diagnostic-error-found-in-care-of-23percent-of-patients-who-died-or-were-transferred-to-icu.htm
17 Jan 2024
Clinicians team up to combat burnout
Online group coaching for women trainees decreased burnout symptoms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/clinicians-team-up-to-combat-burnout.htm
10 Jan 2024
Unlicensed
Small oversights can line up to cause a major problem.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/free/unlicensed.htm
13 Dec 2023
Playing the hospitalist character
Medical schools and hospitals are testing serious video games as a method to engage learners and improve care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/playing-the-hospitalist-character.htm
11 Oct 2023
Becoming a physician and a parent
Having a baby during residency doesn't have to be as hard as it is, say advocates for change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/13/becoming-a-physician-and-a-parent.htm
13 Sep 2023