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This is how 1st-year medical residents spend their training time 

The latest look at how interns fill their days details a sizeable shift from direct patient engagement to a greater focus on EHRs and team-based care.

Residency Life
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How to get time off for professional development during residency

As a resident or fellow, organized medicine events are a resource for you, your colleagues and patients. Learn tips to secure PTO to attend them.

Residency Life
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4 rules for making your first lecture a success

Don’t read your presentation off a set of slides crammed with text. And three other go-to tips from a physician with decades of experience.

Residency Life
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Patient handoffs: 4 best practices medical residents must heed

Communication mix-ups during medical resident patient handoffs can cause affect quality of care. Find out how to foster better care transitions.

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Presenting your first M&M conference? 5 things you need to know

The key things you have to know won’t fit into an M&M PowerPoint template. Here’s how to confront the reality of a morbidity and mortality conference.

Residency Life
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4 things TV medical dramas get wrong about residency

Do not look to TV to find out what residency is like. Find out some of medical dramas’ biggest misconceptions.

Residency Life
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Ask an attending: What are the keys to success as a resident?

A veteran attending physician shares his expectations for residents and how they can meet them early in their training.

Residency Life
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Medical interns: Navigating the first year of residency

A chief resident counsels med students on how to navigate their intern year. Prepare for the physical and emotional challenges of an internship with straightforward advice. From learning how to get over making a mistake to dealing with scary procedures, get valuable advice.

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Medical trips abroad teach residents valuable lessons

Take a busman’s holiday to use your medical skills internationally. These trips abroad can challenge your basic assessment skills and help you gain valuable lessons in medical decision-making in patient care.

Resident Wellness