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Being a Florida Gator has many PERKS! Starting September 1st, Housestaff that work primary in the South Tower can receive a free bottle of soda or small coffee at Opus! See your program coordinator for more details!!  …

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…

A new way for Housestaff to share their feedback! This new virtual comment box goes straight to Cristin Owens in Housestaff Affairs.  Click here to leave a comment!…

  UF Health Florida Recovery Center University of Florida College of Medicine FRC Wednesdays at Noon: Addiction Medicine Conference-WEBCAST…

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…

Note: The 6th floor lounge code has changed (7-11-13). See your chief resident for more details.

Gatorbites Meal Program is a service offered to all Housestaff that take call. Housestaff that are on-call are awarded money that is deposited directly on their Gator 1 Card.

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…