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Recommended Reading: May 4 – 10
This week’s Recommended Reading includes the latest on professionalism in medical school and Choosing Wisely®: Researchers interviewed medical students to assess the impact of Clinical Reflection Training (CRT) on how students handled professional dilemmas. Students reported that CRT reduced their stress, improved patient care and was a useful part of professional development. On The Health [...]
Recommended Reading: April 27 – May 3
Learn about Choosing Wisely® in hospice and palliative medicine, along with professionalism in residency training, in this week’s Recommended Reading: The authors of “Five Years’ Time and The Next Five Things for the List of Choosing Wisely” reflect on the evolution of hospice and palliative medicine and discuss research needed to develop another five items [...]
Medical Educators Need to Take Charge and Help Deflate Medical Bills
At a time when one in three Americans report difficulty paying medical bills, up to $750 billion is being spent on care that does not help patients become healthier. Although physicians are routinely required to manage expensive resources, traditional medical training offers few opportunities to learn how to deliver the highest quality care at the [...]
Recommended Reading: March 30 – April 5
Catch up on the latest literature on professionalism in medical education in this week’s Recommended Reading: The authors of “e-Professionalism: A New Frontier in Medical Education” discuss the challenges posed by e-professionalism, which they define as “attitudes and behaviors that reflect traditional professionalism paradigms but are manifested through digital media.” The study “Narrative medicine as [...]
Recommended Reading: December 8 – 14
This week’s Recommended Reading contains a roundup of the latest articles on medical professionalism. In a new JAMA commentary the authors examine the impact of duty hour restrictions on residents’ professionalism. They assert that trainees currently exhibit “nostalgic professionalism” by placing the needs of patients and the profession above personal well-being. The authors feel that [...]
Recommended Reading: September 15 – 21
This week’s Recommended Reading focuses on the latest findings in assessing medical professionalism and assuring the provision of high-value health care. In “Assessment of professionalism: A consolidation of current thinking” the authors provide a review of the literature on professionalism assessment in medical education. They conclude that professionalism is best assessed longitudinally and “requires assessing [...]
Recommended Reading: July 6 – 13
This week’s Recommended Reading includes articles on the importance of cultivating cost-consciousness among residents and practicing physicians: In Cents and Sensitivity — Teaching Physicians to Think about Costs, Lisa Rosenbaum and Daniela Lamas argue, “Whether it’s lack of time, fear of ‘missing something,’ or simple ignorance, the incentives to do more often overwhelm our impulse [...]
Where, Oh Where Do Physicians Learn About Cost-Effectiveness?
The Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) defines the Triple Aim as: Better health (population health) Better care (quality improvement) Reduced cost Although many quality improvement organizations and delivery systems are focused on the Triple Aim, cost is not often a part of their efforts.
Inspired by the Youthful
Maybe the awareness of cost and effective decision-making in health care will be propelled by the next generation of physicians and clinicians. After all, it was the American Medical Student Association that propelled the conflict-of-interest “movement” by grading their academic medical centers’ conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical and device companies. The generation now in [...]
Extremist Proposal Shocks the Medical Establishment
I suspect many were shocked, even disturbed, upon reading the article, Professionalism, the Invisible Hand, and a Necessary Reconfiguration of Medical Education by distinguished professor of medical education at Mayo Clinic, Fred Hafferty, and his two colleagues, Drs. Brennan and Pawlina. In the article, the authors call for all medical students to achieve competency in [...]
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