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Residents Resident Wellness

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7 Min Read

How residents are beating burnout with help from the theatre

Residents want work-life balance, but finding time to preserve your own wellness while successfully caring for your patients requires self-awareness and boundaries, two things many residents struggle to establish amid pressures in training.

Public Health Prevention & Wellness

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3 Min Read

Is 120 mm Hg the new BP target? What headlines aren't telling you

A health study determined that 120 mm Hg is the new blood pressure target to lower mortality rates. What the headlines don’t say are those outcomes apply only to patients who meet the same criteria as study participants.

Practice Management Digital

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3 Min Read

Why technology makes physicians more relevant than ever

Technology may empower patients with more information, but new websites or gadgetry will never replace the intuition of a good physician, according to Bob Wachter, MD, author of New York Times science bestseller The Digital Doctor. He recently shared his comments as part of a special preview event for TEDMED 2015.

Students Prep for Residency

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5 Min Read

Boost your residency application with these 5 writing tips

Writing the personal statement for your residency application can be daunting. How do you summarize years of training or explain why you’re choosing a particular specialty. These 5 tips can help you craft effective essays.

Practice Management Digital

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5 Min Read

6 things physicians wish health IT developers knew

Input from physicians and patients is vital to the development of successful digital health solutions, but what are some of the top things developers need to know to start this process? Physicians, developers, professors, bloggers and med students all weighed in last week during a vibrant #AHealthierNation tweet chat on the future of digital health.

Practice Management Career Development

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6 Min Read

How to spur Congress to act: 7 essential elements of storytelling

The struggle with electronic health records (EHR) is real, and Congress needs to hear from physicians. How can you pen a tale that cuts to the heart of the matter and inspires your members of Congress to take action? These seven elements of storytelling will help you craft the most potent version of your story.

Practice Management Digital

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3 Min Read

Physicians (finally) get a say in tech development

The future of health IT just grew brighter Tuesday with the unveiling of a new collaboration space that will ensure that physicians’ perspectives and needs are taken into account from Day 1 as entrepreneurs develop new technologies. This space will give physicians a chance to collaborate with health care entrepreneurs both physically and virtually on solutions to frustrating practice challenges and opportunities to advance medicine.

About Leadership

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2 Min Read

AMA members take on new med ed leadership roles

These AMA members were recently appointed by external organizations to leadership positions. These individuals were nominated by the AMA to the respective organizations. Each organization made the final appointment decision from among the candidates it received: