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Will gender influence your specialty? Physicians offer insights

Does gender impact the culture of a specialty? Get the inside scoop with unique perspectives from women in psychiatry, adolescent medicine and internal medicine—plus their top tips for success in the field.

Specialty Profiles
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Physicians rank residency work-life balance by specialty

How busy are you compared to other specialties? Here’s a peer-ranked list of the best—and worst—specialties for work-life balance in training.

Resident Wellness
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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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Where residents are most satisfied: Report ranks states

Which states have highest satisfaction rates for medical residents? Maybe it’s something about the climate, gas prices or local coffee shops, but these states boast the highest rates of satisfied medical residents, according to new rankings.

Resident Wellness
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6 steps for building a competitive CV

A strong curriculum vitae is more than a summary of your experience—it’s a chance to show residency program directors how and why you’re exactly who they want. As you apply for a medical residency, get ahead of your competition with these 6 expert tips on building your CV.

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Transition to Residency
Transitioning to Practice
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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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Your checklist for success in your third year of med school

After two years of lectures, labs and exams, plunging into the third year of medical school is an exciting time. As you transition from the classroom to clinic, here’s a checklist of tasks you’ll need to track as you apply for residency programs.

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Clinical Rotations
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What you should know about student loan refinancing

If you’re one of more than 80 percent of physicians under the age of 40 still paying off medical school loans, refinancing can offer a simple solution. Find out what you should know about student loan refinancing.

Residency Finance