Search results for "Well-Being"
Flexible duty-hour policies associated with higher dissatisfaction among interns
Flexible policies that did not limit shift length or specify mandatory time off between shifts were not associated with any significant changes in the percentages of time that interns spent on direct patient care and education.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/28/1.htm
28 Mar 2018
Hiking hospitalists
A hiking competition brought hospitalists together outside of work.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/free/hiking-hospitalists.htm
19 Jul 2023
Intervening on interruptions
Hospitalists should take steps to mitigate the effects of interruptions on their work, researchers say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/free/intervening-on-interruptions.htm
28 Jun 2023
Perspectives debate merits of hospitalist model 20 years after first description
A perspective by Robert M. Wachter, MD, FACP, and Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, FACP, reviewed the evolution of the hospitalist field from a few hundred clinicians in 1996 to more than 50,000 today.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/17/4.htm
17 Aug 2016
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest, atherosclerosis before ACS hospitalization, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/jw.htm
15 Nov 2009
In the News
Risk framing, predicting VTE risk, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2012
Putting discharge first
Asking hospitalists to prioritize discharging patients first didn't speed throughput and caused other issues, a study found. The authors discussed what their findings mean for clinicians, administrators, and researchers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/29/free/putting-discharge-first.htm
29 Mar 2023
Longer shifts proposed for first-year residents
A task force of the ACGME is accepting public comment on a proposal to limit first-years to 24 hours on-task plus 4 hours to manage transitions of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/16/1.htm
16 Nov 2016
Teams that don't burn out
Supporting consistent hospital medicine teams may be a key to preventing burnout, according to a researcher studying physician and nurse perspectives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/teams-that-dont-burn-out.htm
28 Sep 2022
Tips for teaching to your own strengths
Teaching students and residents well is not about knowing everything, Kim Manning, MD, FACP, reassured attendees at her session.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/11/3.htm
11 May 2016