Pediatric Dermatology

We have invited the residents and faculty from the Saint Vincent Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program to lead a journal club discussion about the NEJM article, "Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction.” The authors will be on hand to answer questions about their research. Come and be a part of the...

Gender inequity continues to be an issue in medicine. For attending physicians, we see differences in starting salaries, annual pay gaps, and leadership positions, to name a few. Residents and medical students feel the burden of gender inequity in the form of microaggressions and gender-based disparities in treatment. What are some...

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...

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.