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GME reform essential, but how to proceed? Experts debate

A dozen experts—many of them physicians directly involved in medical education—presented an array of perspectives on the current state of GME and how to revise the system for the 21st century at a forum hosted by Health Affairs.

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Move to align GME accreditation paves way for “ideal” continuum

With a “strong affirming vote” from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) House of Delegates, the plan to implement a single accreditation system for all U.S. graduate medical education (GME) programs moves forward, a significant step in efforts to create an ideal medical education continuum.

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Exposure to pharma reps affects trainees' Rx knowledge: Study

Medical students and residents who report higher levels of pharmaceutical marketing interactions were more likely to prescribe brand name drugs and less likely to rely on evidence-based treatment options, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Duty-hours innovation needed: Report

While the medical profession needs continued investigation of resident duty-hours, it also needs to encourage new models for duty-hours requirements, physicians, residents and medical students agreed last month.

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Tool helps equip residents to care for at-risk patients

A new online tool is helping residents and their training programs better understand at-risk populations—including the homeless, unemployed, underserved and uninsured—and improve their quality of care.

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How changing med ed will affect GME, CME

Innovative changes happening at medical schools across the country will produce future physicians with entirely different needs. As a result, graduate medical education (and continuing medical education) will need to make changes, too, medical education leaders said at a recent Association of Hospital Medical Education meeting.

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How med ed is addressing the skills new residents may lack

Whether the “July effect” is real or simply lore, for medical students transitioning to residencies, this summer month is tremendously stressful. Internal medicine program directors have expressed concern regarding new interns’ skill sets and the lack of skill set standardization, according to survey results that appeared in the March issue of Academic Medicine. 

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Patient safety culture crucial to effective residencies: Study

Patient safety is a growing part of effective residency programs, so much so that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has built quality and safety into its requirements. But a recent study in JAMA Dermatology suggests that improvements around patient safety cultures during residency may be necessary.

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Duty-hour review spotlights negative effects of restrictions

Resident duty-hour restrictions have negative impacts on patient outcomes and performance on certification examinations, according to an analysis of duty-hour studies, which was published in the March issue of Annals of Surgery.

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