Last week’s New England Journal of Medicine had some interesting perspectives on undergraduate medical education. As you may know, some schools have implemented and others are looking at developing 3-year MD programs which would have the effects of reducing accumulated debt and accelerating entry into the productive healthcare workforce. Pro…
In this week’s New England Journal of Medicine, there is a very illuminating editorial entitled “Transforming Academic Health Centers for an Uncertain Future.” You can read that article by clicking on the link below. Following the NEJM editorial, I included two newspaper clippings detailing the financial woes of two of our…
Here is important news for all program directors and for our colleagues who have graduated from an Osteopathic School, an Osteopathic Residency Program, or a non-LCME accredited medical school (i.e. all international medical graduates). Because of the perceived highly variable quality of osteopathic GME programs and of graduate medical education programs…
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Sobering reading from the New England Journal of Medicine…… Given enrollment growth, it may soon be impossible for all graduates of U.S. medical and osteopathic colleges to secure GME slots unless there is a sizable increase in the number of training positions. For more details, click…
ACGME CEO Thomas Nasca, MD, MACP has written a letter updating the community on the outcome of negotiations to create a single accreditation system for graduate medical education in the United States. A link to the letter may be found here. The implications of…
Ever wonder what the public knows or thinks about ACGME duty hour rules? Courtesy of Carolyn Stalvey from the Department of Medicine, we might gain a little insight into this matter. In a July 8, 2013 article in the Health and Science Section of the Washington Post, Ms. Sandra Boodman…
The Walter W. Tunnessen, Jr. MD Award for the Advancement of Pediatric Resident Education honors a Program Director or Associate Program Director (past or present) for extraordinary or innovative contribution(s) in pediatric graduate medical education. The 2013 Recipient is: Nicole Paradise-Black, MD, MEd Assistant Professor of…
On Thursday, April 11, 2013, the U.S. Army Forward Surgical Team will host a display of an actual deployable surgical suite. This event will be held at the UF Reitz Union Grand Ballroom (2nd Floor) at 686 Museum Road. (Call Campus Cab at 392-RIDE or email: campuscab@ufl.edu for…
A perspective published in this weeks New England Journal of Medicine surveyed program directors in internal medicine and surgery and asked about the impact of the duty hour changes implemented in July, 2011. This article is an interesting read for both program directors and housestaff. The article may be found…
