Resident Lounge

We have invited the residents and faculty from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Neonatal Training Program to lead a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Single Dose Nirsevimab for Prevention of RSV Disease in Preterm Infants" found here...

It is time we stopped framing resident burnout in a certain way. Let’s be honest, the current descriptions give us nothing to build on.

A few months ago, one of my colleagues spoke about ‘Patient Death and Physician Grief’ at a morning conference — somewhat unusual, considering our conferences largely revolve around medical topics. I was stunned by how the next hour unfolded that morning.

Welcome new doctors! Yesterday you were medical students and today you are physicians! What a scary feeling. Remember that everyone shares similar concerns and fears as they start their residency and wants to succeed. Getting into residency is the beginning of an incredible journey. Savor it, relax, enjoy the ride, and be open to...

Quality improvement (QI) is a disciplined effort to make healthcare delivery safer, more effective, patient-centered, timely, equitable, and efficient (less wasteful). These six domains were established by the National Academy of Medicine in 1999 as the tenets of...

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 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...

We have invited the residents and faculty from the UT Southwestern Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program to engage in a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Endovascular Thrombectomy with or without Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Stroke"...

We have invited the residents and faculty from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Internal Medicine Residency Program to lead a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Liberal or Conservative Oxygen Therapy for Acute Respiratory Distress...

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...

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.

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.