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Ask a July 1st Medicine Intern

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Dear July 1st Medicine Intern, I’ve been wheezing a little bit more over the past few days and I’m worried that my asthma is starting...
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Seasoned ICU Nurse Forces Interns to Hand Over Computer Password to Correctly Enter Orders

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CHATTANOOGA, TN – Veteran ICU nurse, Susan Billings, has been working in the ICU for over 25 years now and she is fed up with inaccurate...
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ACGME Approves New Consultology Fellowship

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Chicago, I.L. In this long-due announcement, the ACGME has approved a new Consultology Fellowship. While Consultology has been informally practiced by hospitalists for several...
perplexed doctor

Intern Determined Not to Have Medical Decision-Making Capacity

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ANN ARBOR, MI - For several days medical intern Brent Hammock appeared very confused.  He had lucid moments now and again, but he was...
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Urology Resident Leaves Husband After Sizing Up the Competition

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WHITE PLAINS, NY - Unfortunately we have to report on another sad tale of how graduate medical education can take a toll on families.  It seems that...
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Intern Forgets to Write “Appreciate GI’s Recs” in Patient Note, GI Fellow Inconsolable

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BOSTON, MA - In what can only be described as a quagmire of apology emails, face-to-face meetings, and sensitivity seminars, the fallout from Robbie...
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Internist Trampled to Death by Herd of Wild Zebras

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ST. LOUIS, MO - Sad news today as a local internal medicine physician was trampled to death by a herd of wild zebras while...
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Tips: How to Treat a Pager That Keeps Going Off Like It Has Seizures

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Sadly, despite all the technological advances we've made, a good portion of health care professionals still carry an object as archaic and arguably less...
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ACGME Caps Neurosurgery Residency Hours to 80 Hours Per Day

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In a surprising change in culture, the ACGME, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and several other human rights groups, have decided to...

If You Give An Attending Your Pen

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Twitter sensation @McSassyMD brings you a classic story of friendship, residency, and pens.