A recent editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, titled ""To Nap or Not to Nap", suggests that the verdict is still out on the value of reducing the number of hours that medical residents work and its relationship between improved outcomes for patients, says the WSJ Health Blog.... (read the rest)
posted May 22, 2009
Recent research done at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University has revealed that first year anesthesiology residents who first practice using simulations perform better than their real-world counterparts, says Newswise. Really, this just makes good sense--rather than having patients in teaching hospitals exposed to residents who may be... (read the rest)
posted October 20, 2008
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