Pediatric Dermatology

Giving serious news is one of the hardest skills that a doctor must master. For trainees, it can be an especially daunting task. We have to juggle insecurities about the depth of our knowledge of the patient's illness, our emotional responses to the situation, our natural... 

Students often arrive at medical school knowing what specialty to pursue, but for many, exposure to the different specialties throughout the clinical years can trigger a professional identity crisis. How do you decide what specialty to pursue for a lifetime? When should...

We have invited the residents and faculty from the Wake Forest School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program to engage in a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.” The authors will be on...

Communication is key in all relationships. Effective and compassionate communication by physicians and other health care providers has been demonstrated to improve clinical outcomes, treatment adherence, patient satisfaction, and to reduce malpractice claims. For health care providers...

Although every resident develops his or her own style for each of these roles, the following practical strategies were discussed in a NEJM Resident 360 discussion (How to Lead a Team on the Wards: The Art to Being an Effective Resident).

For many medical trainees, transitioning from having a question for a research project to taking the next steps is difficult. Finding an appropriate mentor, getting ethics approval, collecting data, performing analyses, and writing up a project for publication are particularly hard when added to the pressures and stresses of medical school or residency.