Resident Lounge

Making your way through medical school, residency, and maybe fellowship involves a progression through exams, applications, and interviews. What happens when you have finally completed training and it’s time to turn all of that education into an...

My friends and I spent Thanksgiving 2018 attending surf school in Jacó, Costa Rica. We spent that week fully immersed in twice-daily surf sessions interspersed with conditioning, balance exercises, and of course, downtime to explore the town and rainforests of...

I just finished attending one of our inpatient teaching services, and it felt like the panel was one of the most varied and medically complex I have ever taken care of. This was my first week as an inpatient attending — as an ambulatory chief, most of my clinical time is with...

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...

It’s Dr. C.’s first weekend taking calls at her new hospital, only weeks after graduating from residency. When called in for a patient with laryngeal cancer, she’s suddenly disorientingly aware that she’s in charge now. Does she have what it takes?

We have invited the residents and faculty from the Tecnológico de Monterrey-Tecsalud Internal Medicine Residency Program to lead a journal club discussion about the NEJM articles, "Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Heparin in Noncritically Ill Patients with Covid-19” and "Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Heparin in Critically Ill Patients with...

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, "Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight.” The...

We have invited the residents and faculty from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Internal Medicine Residency Program to lead a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Final Report of a Trial of Intensive versus Standard...

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.