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…
In order to completely inform our housestaff about the upcoming changes to their health insurance plan, the College of Medicine has created a PowerPoint presentation (link below) which will describe the changes and various options available for housestaff and their families. PowerPoint Presentation about GatorCare can be found at: …
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM ) have entered into an agreement to pursue a single, unified accreditation system for graduate medical education programs in the United States beginning in July 2015.
At its May 2011 meeting, the NRMP Board of Directors voted unanimously to require programs participating in the Main Residency Match to place all positions in The Match. The “All-In” Policy becomes effective for the 2013 Match that opens for registration on September 1, 2012 and applies to all PGY-1…
In the April 26, 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, John Inglehart, a national correspondent for the NEJM, provides an excellent overview of the issues facing financing of graduate medical education (click to read) as well as a glimpse…
After several months of national conversations about the need to reduce the federal deficit, President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget that proposes to lower the national debt by $3.2 trillion over 10 years. But for medical schools and teaching hospitals, there is bad news: About 9 percent…
Yesterday, the ACGME unveiled its plans for a major overhaul of residency and fellowship program accreditation. I would encourage all faculty, housestaff and support staff to review the article from the New England Journal of Medicine describing the changes that will come into effect for many programs as early as…
A resident driven project in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida will enable pulse-oximetry to improve patient safety in operating rooms around the world that don’t currently have access to this important patient safety technology. Dr. Sephalie Patel, currently a PGY-4 resident in Anesthesiology, enlisted the aid…
Because of the large amount of information to be mastered and the heavy demands of clinical service, housestaff commonly neglect education in risk management / malpractice issues. According to this recent New England Journal of Medicine article – only about 25% of practicing physicians will escape malpractice…
