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April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study to determine the impact of resident duty hour reform on readmission rates found no change in hospital readmission rates of Medicare patients associated with the reform.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Institute of Medicine and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education have proposed changes to the “Common Program Requirements” for residents’ work duty hour requirements.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Most Medicare Part D markets offer more than 50 prescription plans. This study investigated whether physicians have numeracy skills adequate to choose the most beneficial plans.
May 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) is a one day test requiring medical students to examine and evaluate a series of standardized patients. It was developed in response to the need for an objective measure of clinical skills. This study examined the rel ...
October 22, 2007 | Journal Article
Graduate medical education poses unique challenges for the delivery of safe patient care because work carried out by medical trainees often involves special risks. Although those in the medical profession recognize these risk factors, there have bee ...
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This introduction, written as a forward to a supplement on improving diversity in the health professions, summarizes some of the history of the Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI), and reiterates the pressing need to increase representa ...
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Clinical Scholar thought leaders are among the investigators seeking to improve the quality of health care delivered to children in the United States.
July 15, 2010 | Journal Article
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia and blogs have brought new hazards to medical professionalism as providers, including medical students and residents, post inappropriate content online. Online activity may be viewed as a proxy for common sense and trustworthiness.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Community-based disparities education allows future physicians to more fully understand and appreciate how social and contextual factors impact health.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Patients with chronic disease often have comorbid illness that presents challenges to achieve optimal control.