Are Surgical Outcomes Better With MDs or DOs? Medicare claims analysis finds no differences in death, readmissions, and length of stay Oct 16, 2024
Why Would a Promising Young Physician Take His Own Life? The loss of William West Jr. forces us to consider the role of health systems in staff well-being Oct 15, 2024
Female Genital Mutilation Happens in America, Too Physicians must partner with their patients to provide appropriate care Oct 14, 2024
Medical Licensing Exam Scores Sent to Residency Programs After Switch to Pass/Fail Numerical scores from the COMLEX Level 1 mistakenly shared with ob/gyn programs Oct 11, 2024
Emergency Medicine May Join the ERAS Exodus The specialty is considering following in the footsteps of ob/gyn and others Oct 09, 2024
To Improve Indigenous Health, Expand Community Health Aide Programs Ensuring care access for remote communities is essential Oct 09, 2024
Dozens Who Were Told They Failed the Pathology Board Exam Actually Passed American Board of Pathology re-scored the exam and issued refunds to impacted test takers Oct 08, 2024
ERAS Applications Are Trending Down With Program Signaling, but Still Too High Data are promising, but more needs to be done to reduce applications, experts say Oct 07, 2024
In a First, Academic Center Offers Chiropractic Program University of Pittsburgh program won't be part of its medical school Oct 03, 2024
Ob/Gyn Applications Stable in First Year of Independent Residency System The number of applicants is strong, but are applicants still applying to too many programs? Oct 03, 2024
The Ebb and Flow of Mentorship in Medicine Former mentors may need space to move on from their professional lives Oct 01, 2024
UVA Med School Faces Toxic Work Environment Allegations More than 100 doctors, faculty members signed no-confidence letter against administrators Sep 26, 2024
Med Student Eats 720 Eggs; More Deli Meat Deaths; Hospital CEO in Criminal Contempt Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 26, 2024
Healthcare Unionization Isn't the Only Option In this changing workplace, managers and leaders can do better for their staff Sep 25, 2024
Training on Cadavers Still Essential for Medical Students Donor dissection teaches skills not easily acquired with other methods Sep 23, 2024
House Staff Unionization Has Come in Waves Residents' efforts to organize date back some 90 years Sep 19, 2024
Treating a New Species: Homo Fragilis Our fragile patients are increasingly dependent on a crumbling healthcare system Sep 17, 2024
Alcohol and Food Poisoning; Texas Sells Body Parts; Rise in Virus Tied to Paralysis Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 17, 2024
Project 2025: Assessing the Impact on the Healthcare Workforce Effective and equitable training does not appear to be a priority of this agenda Sep 09, 2024
Missing RN Found Dead; Egg-Linked Salmonella Outbreak; World's Oldest Med Student? Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 09, 2024
Tennessee Medical Board Refuses to Enforce New IMG Law Members skeptical of verification process, concerned about patient safety Sep 06, 2024
I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Have No Idea How to Care for Patients With Disabilities All medical schools should prepare trainees to meet the needs of this population Sep 05, 2024
From D-Day to Assassination Attempts: Where Medicine and History Intertwine Major historical events may have turned out differently without rapid medical responses Sep 04, 2024
Residents Strike, Demonstrate Around Labor Day Weekend Trainees in Buffalo strike, while those in Philadelphia demonstrate for better pay Sep 04, 2024
How Should Unethical Legacies in Medical History Be Handled? Reexamining legacy and revoking reverence help restore medical integrity Aug 24, 2024
Physicians in India Strike, Protest Following Rape and Killing of Trainee Doc Government hospitals in several cities across the nation have since suspended medical services Aug 15, 2024
Death Is Inevitable. It's Time We Learned to Talk About It. By fostering honest and compassionate discussions, we can provide patients with more dignity Aug 13, 2024
A Leave of Absence -- From Medicine or the Olympics -- Is Not a Sign of Weakness Taking a step back is sometimes necessary to move forward Aug 12, 2024
'Inside Out 2': How New Emotions Mirror Medical Student Struggles A look at anxiety, envy, embarrassment, and ennui Aug 11, 2024
'The Bachelorette' Jenn Tran Tells All on PA School and Her Career Journey A Q&A with the future physician assistant turned reality TV star Aug 09, 2024
One Group Hopes to End the Use of Live Animals in U.S. Surgical Residencies Many surgical residency programs still use live animals for training Aug 06, 2024
Medical School Affiliated With HCA Healthcare Welcomes Its First Class 50 students at the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine received their white coats last week Aug 05, 2024
Medicine Made LGBTQ+ Health the Problem. Medical Schools Can Help Course Correct. Medical training has let discrimination go unchecked for far too long Aug 05, 2024
Non-Disclosure Agreements Have No Place in Medicine Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's ethical Jul 30, 2024
We Want You, Doctor, to Help Get Out the Vote Heath systems and clinicians can engage patients and care team members Jul 25, 2024
U.S. News Releases This Year's 'Best Medical Schools,' With Changes Medical schools that opted out of submitting data went unranked Jul 23, 2024
Doctors Should Think of AI as a Medical Student A new approach to the tech-physician partnership Jul 22, 2024
Devaluing Our Residents Is Not Without Consequences Let's take better care of our young medical workforce Jul 15, 2024
Healthcare AI Is an Exciting Frontier — But Don't Forget About Equitable Development Unequal access threatens to worsen disparities Jul 13, 2024
