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For medical students, residents, fellows, and attendings, opportunities for learning goes beyond the classroom. How should you approach bedside teaching? What are the most effective strategies for teaching procedures? How do you promote engagement at morning report and journal club? How do you give effective feedback? Join NEJM...

There is debate about which of the many medically themed TV shows best depicts our lives in medicine. Is it the conundrums of House? The interpersonal drama of Grey’s Anatomy? The camaraderie and antics of Scrubs? While each of these capture unique...

If I had $100 for every time I walked into a patient’s room, introduced myself as the doctor, and was immediately asked, “Hey, how old are you?” I might be able to retire right now — at the age of 28. Of course, I am exaggerating, and yet this question echoes for me...

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 Cambridge Health Alliance Internal Medicine Residency Program to engage in a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Weight Loss in Underserved Patients — A Cluster-Randomized Trial." The authors of the article...

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...

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...

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of health care systems in the U.S. to adapt and mobilize resources needed to provide timely, appropriate, and equitable care. Climate change adds stressors such as wildfires, super storms, and heat waves that further test our capacity. It is critical that we build resilient health care systems, able to respond...

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.