From 5 Questions to 5 Reflections: A Residency Leadership “Sign-Out” During COVID-19—Part 2
Editor’s note: This is the second of a 2-part blog post. Read the first part of this blog post, with an introduction and the first 3 reflections, here. 4. A crisis reveals the flaws of how we assign value. Scholarly output is an important part of what we do in academic medicine. We balance the tasks of running our program, caring for patients, and teaching with individual pursuits: research, curriculum development, implementation science, or quality improvement. During the pandemic, many of these academic efforts were necessarily placed on hold. This impacted some more than others, along the predictable lines of ge...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 17, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective COVID-19 leadership residency Source Type: blogs

From 5 Questions to 5 Reflections: A Residency Leadership “Sign-Out” During COVID-19—Part 1
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part blog post. Check back next week for the second-part of this blog post with the final 2 reflections.  As a chief resident and program director in our internal medicine residency program, we set out at the end of academic year 2019–2020 to prepare the annual sign-out for the incoming chief medical residents and launch a new academic year. This exercise is typically straightforward, a practice refined over years of repetition. However, this academic year had been defined by the sentinel crisis of the entire medical enterprise: the COVID-19 pandemic. In this two-part blog ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 10, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective COVID-19 leadership residency Source Type: blogs

Residency during the AIDS vs. COVID-19 eras
J.T. is a general internist who completed residency in Atlanta early in the AIDS era. His daughter, R.T., is a third-year internal medicine-pediatrics resident in Los Angeles, and his daughter, D.T., is a second-year OB/GYN resident in Philadelphia. They describe and compare their experiences as residents during a pandemic. Contexts of the pandemic eras J.T.: […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 7, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/rebecca-k-tsevat-danielle-g-tsevat-joel-tsevat" rel="tag" > Rebecca K. Tsevat, MD, Danielle G. Tsevat, MD, Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs

Internal medicine, the pandemic, and William Osler
A guest column by the American College of Physicians, exclusive to KevinMD. National Internal Medicine Day is October 28, 2020.   It’s a time for internists to reflect on the work they do and take pride in being a part of the greater internal medicine community. Recognizing internal medicine and the work of internists is particularly […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/philip-a-masters" rel="tag" > Philip A. Masters, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician American College of Physicians COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs

Thanks to All!
As treasurer of Practicing Physicians of America, it gives me great pleasure to announce that we hit our goal of raising $400,000 in support of the Plaintiff-physicians who filed class action antitrust lawsuits against the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Radiology, and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Over 1,800 individuals, the vast majority of whom are (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 25, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs

The patient who reminded this student to care for everyone equally
During the third week of my internal medicine rotation, I was assigned to a patient who would be brought to our floor following an operation. I saw him briefly as they wheeled him into his room but could hear his screams of pain all through our morning rounds. When I walked into the room, he […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/natasha-mathur" rel="tag" > Natasha Mathur < /a > < /span > Tags: Education Hospital-Based Medicine Medical school Source Type: blogs

Thanks to All!
As treasurer of Practicing Physicians of America, it gives me great pleasure to announce that we hit our goal of raising $400,000 in support of the Plaintiff-physicians who filed class action antitrust lawsuits against the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Radiology, and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Over 1,800 individuals, the vast majority of whom are (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 25, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

ABIM Stumbles in Appellate Court Arguments
The oral arguments in the appeal of the dismissal at the District Court level of the Kenney et al vs American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)  class action antitrust, RICO, and unjust enrichment case were heard before the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals today and are available via audio file here. The following interchange starting at 32:58 in the audio file was interesting (I have added a few (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Tags: ABIM American Board of Internal Medicine Antitrust lawsuit Maintenance of Certification MOC Source Type: blogs

ABIM Stumbles in Appellate Court Testimony
The oral arguments in the appeal of the dismissal at the District Court level of the Kenney et al vs American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)  class action antitrust, RICO, and unjust enrichment case were heard before the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals today and are available via audio file here. The following interchange starting at 32:58 in the audio file was interesting (I have added a few (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Tags: ABIM American Board of Internal Medicine Antitrust lawsuit Maintenance of Certification MOC Source Type: blogs

ABIM Stumbles in Appellate Court Arguments
The oral arguments in the appeal of the dismissal at the District Court level of the Kenney et al vs American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)  class action antitrust, RICO, and unjust enrichment case were heard before the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals today and are available via audio file here. The following interchange starting at 32:58 in the audio file was interesting (I have added a few (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 23, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

The Important Week Ahead
This Friday, 23 October 2020, oral arguments will be heard before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals regarding Kenney et al vs. the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) class-action antitrust, racketeering, and unjust enrichment lawsuit (Case 20-1007). Some eyes of US physicians and all the eyes of the US certification industry will be on these arguments, even though the oral arguments are, (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 20, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs