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ACGME Raises Ceiling on Residents' Duty Hours

28-hour shifts allowed starting July 1

No Heart Surgeon Match Day for Major Medical Center

Columbia University missed deadline to submit residents' ranking list

Similar Outcomes for Care by Foreign vs U.S.-Trained Doctors

Mortality slightly lower for international graduates' patients

Nursing Student Diary: First Term Over, Looking Back and Ahead

Learning what a nurse is and is not

Op-Ed: Changes Needed to ACGME's Duty Hours Plan

ACP agrees in principle but wants more limits on residents' hours

Nephrology Training Programs a Hard Sell

Pay, lifestyle issues may hamper interest in the specialty

Nursing Student Diary: 12-Hour Shifts Begin

Learning medical jargon, and when not to use it

AAFP: MOC Debate Roils Delegates

Ditching 'high stakes exam' could reduce fear factor, but ...

Nursing Student Diary: First Days

'Proud, excited, nervous, confident, all at the same time'

Poet and Physician: A Chat With John Coulehan, MD

Coulehan wears three different hats: physician, ethicist, and poet

Is it Harder to Become a Nurse Than a Doctor?

Good luck, nurse wannabes

AMA Pans 'High Stakes' Exams

Backs more money for GME, but is silent on source of funds

ABIM Announces New Certification Exam Option

More frequent, shorter exams available in 2018

Deep Roots for Lack of Minorities in American Medical Schools

Problem starts in 3rd grade

Medical Schools Boost Pain Management Education

In light of opioid epidemic, more schools focus on thoughtful prescribing

Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities

NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine

From Bedside to Box Office: The Many Roles of Ken Jeong, MD

The doctor-turned-actor plays a doctor in his own TV show

Baby City: Laboring and Delivering in Residency

Practicing ob/gyn bases fiction book on her own training experience.

A New Generation of Innovators

David Nash, MD, MBA, spotlights one medical student who is already an innovator.

Docs Take ABIM to Task at Townhall

Internal medicine leaders get an earful on maintenance of certification.

Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors'

ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture."

I, Intern: A Critical Problem in the ICU

One intern wants to close the gap between evidence and practice.

Male Med Students: More Resolute, More Fallible

Gender differences seen in trainees' confidence, knowledge.

The NNT: An Overhyped and Confusing Statistic

Some pitfalls of summing up evidence with Numbers Needed to Treat.

I, Intern: When the Doctor Is on Lexapro

A pediatric intern manages her mental illness.

5 Steps in Talking With Patients About Alternative Medicine

Ask, explain, respect, collaborate, compromise.

MOC Watch: Debunking ABIM Pass Rate Myths

In this guest post, the American Board of Internal Medicine explains what determines pass rates for the Maintenance of Certification exam.

Lethal Injections, MOC, and E-Cigs on AMA Agenda

The American Medical Association is being asked to strengthen its ethical stance on physician participation in execution by extending its ban on doctors participating to include all health professionals.

10 Questions: Rep. Phil Gingrey, MD (R-Ga.)

If you could change one thing about the healthcare system, what would it be? Eliminate Obamacare, says Rep. Phil Gingrey, MD (R-Ga.). That's his answer to just one of the 10 Questions the 番茄社区app staff is asking leading clinicians, researchers, and leaders in their community to get their personal views on their chosen profession. In this series we share their uncensored responses.

Researcher Charged With Fabricating Red-Wine Data

A veteran researcher, known for his work on the heart benefits of the red-grape component resveratrol, allegedly fabricated data in 23 papers published over five years, an investigation showed.

Outliers: The Story of Success

The latest book by the author of Blink outlines key principles of communication that can play a major role in improving healthcare quality and safety.