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Learning from patient death: One residency program's solution

Medical residents don’t receive a lot of training in how to handle end-of-life care. One program helps residents deal with the emotional impact of a patient’s death. Sees improvement in perception of support and coping.

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How a student network sparked a stronger med school curriculum

Students are exploring creative ways to share project ideas and collaborate with faculty to transform physician training. Here’s how one student leveraged his peer network to help pilot a new curriculum and spur future student innovation.

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Making consults productive: Residents offer a solution

Working with consults to treat patients may require special teambuilding strategies. How can residents better collaborate with their peers in other specialties?

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In high-tech world, low-cost simulation can advance resident training

Simulation exercises can help strengthen a medical resident’s skill acquisition and competency assessment. Certain exercises can be costly to implement. An article in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education recommends cost-effective ways to simulate clinical events in training.

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Residents devise a better way to learn on night float rotations

Duty hour restrictions have sparked significant changes in residency training, prompting programs to increase nontraditional staffing methods through night float rotations. A group of residents took their training into their own hands by developing a resident-led night float curriculum to bolster their most-needed clinical skills and improve patient care.

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Improving verbal sign-outs: One simple method you need

As a resident, your ability to safely care for patients often depends on how well you capture and communicate information about them to colleagues at sign-out. Conduct highly effective verbal sign-outs by remembering this acronym.

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Tired of miserable schedules? One residency program's solution

Medical residents’ clinical schedules don’t have to be as stressful as they tend to be. At least, that’s what one residency program found a solution to address many of the common problems surrounding miserable residency scheduling.

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Challenging the “hidden curricula” in residency programs

Medical residents often face a “hidden curricula”— subtle structural issues within an institution that shape how and what trainees are taught. A study shows programs should help train residents to challenge staff management decisions in a clear and effective manner, especially when patient safety is at risk.

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Residents: How would you transform GME?

Now that the consortium of schools in the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative are making transformative improvements to undergraduate medical education (UME), it’s time to move onto graduate medical education (GME)—and input from residents is crucial to the process.

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