September 27th, 2013
Duty Hour Reform Revisited
Akhil Narang, M.D.
Discussions of resident duty hour reforms reached the point of ad nauseam a few years ago. Everyone had their say – Program Directors (“In 2003 we instituted an 80-hour work week, in 2011 we switched to 16 hour shifts, what’s next – online residencies!?”), senior residents (“What? I have to write H&Ps again? I don’t […]
September 16th, 2013
Medical Interns – Not at the Bedside, but Not to Be Blamed
Paul Bergl, M.D.
This past week in NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine, Abigail Zuger reviewed an article from the Journal of General Internal Medicine by Lauren Block et al. in which researchers examined how medical interns spend their time. The results from this time motion study might be concerning but are not unexpected. The investigators found that interns […]
September 11th, 2013
Oral Anticoagulation, Part I: Direct Thrombin Inhibitors
Akhil Narang, M.D.
When I started residency 4 years ago, warfarin was really the only choice of anticoagulation widely used for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE). Despite knowing about the coagulation cascade for decades, only recently have viable alternatives to warfarin become available. In this post, I hope […]
September 3rd, 2013
Benefits and Perils of Following the Literature Too Closely
Paul Bergl, M.D.
As a resident, probably the most common piece of feedback one receives is, “Read more and expand your clinical knowledge base.” This critique is a standard and generic piece of feedback to encourage the younger generation to never quit in the endless pursuit of knowledge. As our erudite attendings know, medical knowledge always evolves and […]
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