Osteopathic Medical Schools Produce an Increasing Proportion of Family Medicine Residents
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Feb;109(2):114-115.ABSTRACTThe Association of American Medical Colleges reported a shortage of 45,000 primary care physicians in 2020 and projects shortages of 65,000 by 2025 and 104,900 by 2030.1 The shortage has been exacerbated by physician retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2 The increasing deficit is partially because of the decline in medical students entering primary care specialties. Interest in family medicine has been flat for the past 10 years, and only 13% of U.S. allopathic and osteopathic graduates enter Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited family...
Source: American Family Physician - February 23, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Chrystal Pristell Hoon Byun Alison Huffstetler Source Type: research
Osteopathic Medical Schools Produce an Increasing Proportion of Family Medicine Residents
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Feb;109(2):114-115.ABSTRACTThe Association of American Medical Colleges reported a shortage of 45,000 primary care physicians in 2020 and projects shortages of 65,000 by 2025 and 104,900 by 2030.1 The shortage has been exacerbated by physician retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2 The increasing deficit is partially because of the decline in medical students entering primary care specialties. Interest in family medicine has been flat for the past 10 years, and only 13% of U.S. allopathic and osteopathic graduates enter Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited family...
Source: American Family Physician - February 23, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Chrystal Pristell Hoon Byun Alison Huffstetler Source Type: research
Trends in orthoplastic operative exposure for plastic surgery residents in the United States
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that plastic surgery residents may be increasingly well-prepared to contribute to orthoplastic care during and following their training. The steady proportion of cases that orthoplastic-type procedures represented over the study period suggests the increase in relevant orthoplastic case volume may be incidental and secondary to an overall rise among all procedures. Given evidence of the benefits of an orthoplastic approach, we recommend consideration of explicit benchmarks for orthoplastic training among plastic surgery residents.PMID:38387419 | DOI:10.1016/j.bjps.2024.02.037 (Source: Hand Surgery)
Source: Hand Surgery - February 22, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Alexander F Dagi Myles N LaValley Sarah E Diaddigo June K Wu Jarrod T Bogue Source Type: research
The state of point-of-care ultrasound training in pediatric anesthesia fellowship programs in the United States: A survey assessment
CONCLUSIONS: This observational survey-based study suggests that fewer than half of pediatric anesthesia training programs in the United States offer point-of-care ultrasound education. Additional research is needed to optimize this education and training in pediatric anesthesia fellowship programs.PMID:38358309 | DOI:10.1111/pan.14851 (Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia)
Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - February 15, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Elizabeth M O'Brien Rodrigo Daly Guris William Quarshie Elaina E Lin Source Type: research
Sex Disparities Among Fellowship Program Directors in Orthopaedic Surgery
CONCLUSIONS: Women are underrepresented among orthopaedic fellowship PDs, especially in certain subspecialties (orthopaedic sports medicine, shoulder and elbow, and adult reconstruction). More research is needed to understand the barriers that impact the representation of women among leadership positions in orthopaedic surgery.CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Greater sex diversity among fellowship PDs may help to increase the recruitment of women into orthopaedic subspecialties. The equitable consideration of orthopaedic surgeons from all backgrounds for leadership positions can increase workforce diversity, which may improve the vital...
Source: Hand Surgery - February 7, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Jason Silvestre Abhishek Tippabhatla Ambica Chopra Charles L Nelson Dawn M LaPorte Source Type: research
Should Transplant Nephrology pursue recognition from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)?
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000441. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTKidney transplant is not only the best treatment for patients with advanced kidney disease, but it also reduces health-care expenditure. The management of transplant patients is complex as they require special care by transplant nephrologists who have expertise in assessing transplant candidates, understand immunology and organ rejection, have familiarity with peri-operative complications, and have the ability to manage the long-term effects of chronic immunosuppression. This skill set at the intersection of multiple discipl...
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - February 6, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Neeraj Singh Prince M Anand Gaurav Gupta Deirdre Sawinski Oren Fix Deborah Adey Enver Akalin Carlos Zayas Darshana Dadhania Mona Doshi Diane Cibrik Mallika Gupta Ronald Parsons Nicolae Leca Rowena Delos Santos Beatrice P Concepcion Angie G Nishio Lucar So Source Type: research
The contextual interview: a cross-cutting patient-interviewing approach for social context
Med Educ Online. 2024 Dec 31;29(1):2295049. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2023.2295049. Epub 2024 Feb 6.ABSTRACTPatient interviewing pedagogy in medical education has not evolved to comprehensively capture the biopsychosocial model of healthcare delivery. While gathering a patient's social history targets important aspects of social context it does not adequately capture and account for the real-time reassessment required to understand evolving factors that influence exposure to drivers of health inequities, social determinants of health, and access to supports that promote health. The authors offer a patient interviewing approach...
Source: Medical Education Online - February 6, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Amber Cahill Matthew Martin Bridget Beachy David Bauman Jordan Howard-Young Source Type: research
Gender parity in neurosurgery residencies: an analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Neurosurgery continues to struggle with the recruitment of female medical students even as parity has been reached for female medical school matriculants. Greater effort is needed to recruit and retain female applicants to neurosurgery, including increased transparency in match and attrition metrics.PMID:38306646 | DOI:10.3171/2023.11.JNS231152 (Source: Journal of Neurosurgery)
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - February 2, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Jean-Luc Kabangu Catherine Lei Bailey Yekzaman Heather Minchew Jalee Birney Cody Heskett Paige Lundy Christopher Miller Source Type: research
Internal Medicine Resident Addiction Training at the Veteran ’s Health Administration: A Qualitative Evaluation of Site Directors’ Response to the 2022 ACGME Requirements
ConclusionsDeveloping competent clinical champions and leveraging VHA addiction specialists from non-IM settings would create more addiction training opportunities for IM trainees at VHA sites. These insights can likely be applied to IM training at non-VHA sites. (Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine)
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine - February 1, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Assessing the Current State of Medical Ethics Education in Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Programs
Medical ethics education remains a requirement of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) common to all house officer training programs. There are limited data on how medical ethics education is currently being implemented in Allergy and Immunology (AI) fellowship programs. (Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - February 1, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: George Freigeh, Anna Kovalszki Source Type: research
The Enneagram as a Tool for Resident Wellness and Correlation With Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone Achievements
The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system developed to improve self-knowledge. Broken down into nine personality types, each is driven by a core motivating factor. Other personality assessments have been used to study the personality profile of surgeons. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the variability in Enneagram type among a single institution ’s general surgery residents. (Source: Journal of Surgical Research)
Source: Journal of Surgical Research - February 1, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Hayley M. Everett, Kevin N. Harrell, W. Heath Giles, S. Dave Bhattacharya Tags: Education and Career Development Source Type: research
65. Contraceptive Counseling and Prescribing as Pediatric Core Competencies: Assessing Residents ’ Comfort and Knowledge
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that pediatric residents develop key competencies in Adolescent Medicine, including contraception counseling and prescribing. Previously published surveys of pediatric providers have shown that knowledge of appropriate contraception differs based on level of training and is not often up to date with the latest guidance. The primary goal of this study was to understand resident knowledge and comfort with counseling and prescribing contraception methods. (Source: Journal of Adolescent Health)
Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - January 30, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Amelia Beatrice Warshaw, Samuel Master Source Type: research
Where have all the pediatric anesthesiology fellows gone in the USA? Anesthesiology fellowship trends
CONCLUSION: In the USA, while the ratio of Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship graduates to anesthesiology residency graduates remained relatively constant from 2008 to 2022, this is likely a lagging indicator that has not yet accounted for the recent decrease in fellowship applicants. These findings refute prior estimates for a surplus in Pediatric Anesthesia supply in the USA and have significant implications for the future.PMID:38264926 | DOI:10.1111/pan.14844 (Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia)
Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - January 24, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Andrew J Giustini Erica L Sivak Viviane G Nasr Franklyn P Cladis Dean B Andropoulos Nina Deutsch Justin L Lockman Bree Bower Marco Corridore Matthew K Muffly Source Type: research
Characterizing the initial effects of the single accreditation system merge on the ophthalmology residency match
DISCUSSION: The transition to ACGME accreditation seems to have primarily harmed DO and IMG applicants in the ophthalmology match while benefitting MDs. Various factors such as loss of protected residency positions for DO applicants and the closure of osteopathic ophthalmology residency programs are likely reasons to blame for this decrease in osteopathic representation.PMID:38262001 | PMC:PMC10810612 | DOI:10.1080/10872981.2024.2307124 (Source: Medical Education Online)
Source: Medical Education Online - January 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Forrest Bohler Allison Garden Christian J Santiago Lily Bohler Varna Taranikanti Source Type: research
Transfusion Medicine Rotations for Pathology Residents: Structure, Resources, and Milestones
CONCLUSIONS.—: With the proper structure and resources, transfusion medicine can be effectively taught to all pathology residents while also meeting the ACGME milestones requirements.PMID:38244035 | DOI:10.5858/arpa.2023-0287-EP (Source: Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
Source: Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - January 20, 2024 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Ian M Harrold Source Type: research
