Resident Lounge

The global effort to share data and resources about the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has led to a flood of information as infections peak at different times around the world. 

Dr. Matt Young is a first-year resident in obstetrics and gynecology in suburban Delaware. Between the day I invited him to be interviewed and the interview itself (a 36-hour span) things had changed a lot for him. Anxiety levels are up among his colleagues, and...

We talk with Colleen Farrell who’s doing her third year of an internal medicine residency in New York City.

We have invited the residents and faculty from the University of Colorado Internal Medicine Residency Program to engage in a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Inhibitors and Risk of Covid-19." The authors of the...

I stood in the hospital elevator yawning and rubbing my eyes, waiting to get off on my floor. A woman looked over at me and said, “Congratulations.” I began to look over my body. Did I look pregnant in these scrubs? Did I have on my real engagement ring instead of my...

We are looking for 5 chief resident bloggers to contribute for the 2020-2021 academic year.

The consequences of the climate crisis are both clearly evident (e.g., record heat, intense storms, and raging forest fires) and less obvious (e.g., rising pollen levels and decreased nutritional quality of food). Have you considered how the climate crisis affects your...

A collection of articles and other resources describing effects of climate change on physical and psychological health and on the function of health care systems, including resources to support action by physicians and other health care professionals.

African-American physicians-in-training may be isolated within the walls of their institutions, alienated by their patients, and disconnected from their training programs. Listen to the challenges and aspirations of some inspiring African-American residents in the latest episode of this podcast series.

We have invited the residents and faculty from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler’s Internal Medicine Residency Program to lead a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Targeted Temperature Management for Cardiac Arrest with...

We have invited the residents and faculty from the University of Vermont Internal Medicine Residency Program to lead a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "C-Reactive Protein Testing to Guide Antibiotic Prescribing for COPD Exacerbations" found here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1803185. The authors of the...

We have invited the residents and faculty from the UCSF Family and Community Medicine Residency Program at San Francisco General Hospital, the UCSF Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program, and the UCSF-Affiliated Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program to engage in a journal club discussion about the NEJM article...

Competency-based medical education holds the promise of producing a bettertrained workforce — and for many physicians, this training could be accomplished within a shorter time frame.

With trainees increasingly exposed to a culture that values efficiency, clinical protocols, and specialized expertise over scientific debate and critical thinking, new programs are creating linkages between unexplained patient presentations and scientific inquiry.

As an intern, you arrive at the hospital before dawn, speed-walk to sign-out, plan a route to see your patients before morning report — less than 10 minutes each to see how they’re feeling, examine them, check in with the nurse. Which are the moments that will matter?