Patient Safety Concerns Over New 24-hour Shift Rule for First-year Doctors

Patient Safety Concerns Over New 24-hour Shift Rule for First-year Doctors

On Saturday, 30,000 first-year medical residents begin work and new rules taking effect that same day could add eight or more hours to their shifts. Doctors fresh out of medical school will be able to work for up to 24 hours... read more

Prevalence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria among nursing home residents

Prevalence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria among nursing home residents

Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) are associated with an increasing proportion of infections among nursing home (NH) residents. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to critically... read more

Milestone-based Assessment for Internal Medicine Residents

Milestone-based Assessment for Internal Medicine Residents

This Cross-Sectional study investigates how well correlated are 2 academic rating systems measuring medicine residents' training and whether medical knowledge scores correlate with American Board of Internal Medicine... read more

Beating the Dunning-Kruger Effect at Its Own Game

Beating the Dunning-Kruger Effect at Its Own Game

Dunning-Kruger effect occurs when individuals assume that their competency in a given area is significantly higher than it is.... read more