Critical Decision-Making Skills Of ER Residents Honed By Simulation TrainingA Henry Ford Hospital study found that simulation training improved the critical decision-making skills of medical residents performing actual resuscitations in the Emergency Department. Researchers say the residents performed better in four key skill areas after receiving the simulation training: leadership, problem solving, situational awareness and communication...
Patients Benefit From Brief Training Program To Improve Resident Physicians' EmpathyResident physicians' participation in a brief training program designed to increase empathy with their patients produced significant improvement in how patients perceived their interactions with the residents. This contrasts with several studies showing that empathy with patients usually drops during medical school and residency training...
Bringing Teaching To Life At Medical SchoolDramatic changes are needed in medical student education, including a substantial reduction in the number of traditional lectures, according to a perspective piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine by two Stanford University professors...
Improved Resident Learning With Tablet-Based Case ConferencesTablet based conference mirroring is giving residents an up close and personal look at images and making radiology case conferences a more interactive learning experience, a new study shows. Residents at Northwestern University in Chicago are using tablets and a free screen sharing software during case conferences to see and manipulate the images that are being presented...
Workshop Aims To Reduce Mortality In Childbirth For Malian MothersIn the hope of reducing maternal mortality in a region where 1 woman in 31 loses her life as she carries or gives birth to her baby*, a workshop was organized in Mali by the Global Health Initiative of the University of Montreal Superhospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) and the Government of Mali's Ministry of Health...
Fifteen Percent Of The American Physician Workforce Trained In Lower Income CountriesFifteen percent of the American active physician workforce was trained in lower income countries, which is beneficial for the United States both clinically and economically but may have negative impacts on the countries of origin that are losing their educational investment, according to a report published in the open access journal PLoS ONE...
New Opportunities For Improvements Arise As Industry Funding For Medical Education FadesPublic scrutiny and the threat of government regulation are leading to a decline in industry-sponsored funding of accredited continuing medical education (CME) for physicians, and this decline represents an opportunity to make CME more relevant, cost-effective and less open to bias, wrote a group of physicians from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of Calif...
Comparing Diets For Weight Management In Obese ChildrenA new study of three diets with obese children shows that all diets are effective in managing weight but that a reduced glycemic load diet - one that accounts for how many carbs are in the food and how much each gram of carbohydrate raises blood glucose levels - may be most promising...
iPads In Health And Medicine: More Than An Information Revolution?Apple's iPad is increasingly finding use in health and medicine, with applications ranging from giving individuals instant access to a wealth of reference, educational and personal health information, to helping hospitals streamline their operations, reduce labor costs, improve efficiency, and helping health professionals with analysis and diagnosis...
Study Unlocks Role Of Stress In Surgical Training, Hopes To Better Prepare DoctorsMeasure twice and cut once is a well-known phrase among surgeons, but this is not always what happens. To better prepare new surgeons for the operating room, University of Houston (UH) computer scientists are working with medical researchers at the Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE) to improve existing training processes...
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