In an effort to balance resident wellness and service, the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) has formally recommended limiting all housestaff to 6000 per steps school. In recent years, ACGME has recommended limittinh housestaff work by either “capping” residents to the number of patients they can...
TWISP, WA – The US Food and Drug Administration today approved Peaceaudi (Idongivafumab) injection for intravenous use for the treatment of medical burnout.
“Medical burnout is a serious condition, which affects thousands of doctors across the country. The effects of burnout have untold consequences, and could significantly...
In a seemingly limitless display of fiscal ingenuity, hospital administrators have invented a battery-free pager. Administrators have long lamented the hundreds of dollars wasted annually on batteries that needed to be replaced monthly, but they lacked solutions—until now. In a stroke of genius, hospital CFO Ostentasia Luxa...
Tampa, FL – Calling the event “Historic”, and “The first of its kind”, Hospital CEO Dale Gerald posed for cameras as he scooped hot mashed potatoes onto the plates of hungry Residents. The resident appreciation lunch was suggested by hospital administrators as a way to boost morale and dispose of the nearly...
PORTLAND, OR – Ms. Wee was prepped for her biannual joint replacement in OR 4, but this time would be different. Anesthesia resident Dr. CJ Van Ross would be at the helm, stationed at the head of the bed for the second time since July.
“I was nervous, but I successfully intubated the 28 week premature fetus mannequin during...
BOSTON, MA – A new study published in the New England Journal of Things Involving Feet has found that the average physician in modern medicine moves at a brisk rate of 73 miles per hour (mph), assuming it is not a windy day in the hospital.
The inspiration behind the study was the result of circumstance. Principal...
Omaha, Nebraska — Ellis Simmons, intern in the Medicine-Pediatrics program, was discovered to be propositioning several pediatric hospitalists to work with him on different poster submissions to the residency program’s spring research symposium.
Ellis met with with Dr. Skowski at the coffee cart to discuss the interesting...
TAMPA, FL – In a sad and tragic turn of events, local resident doctor James Hilden was told that he would never fully be cured from his depression due to his inability to participate in yoga. Dr. Hilden, who lacked the flexibility to maintain even the most basic child’s pose, was thought to be a hopeless...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – During signout for the patient transferring out of the medical intensive care unit (MICU) today, third-year medical resident Louis Jenner said matter-of-factly to the hospitalist take over his care that “he codes every few minutes, but otherwise stable.”
“Thank goodness for that,”...
BOSTON, MA – Clearly shooting for the highest grade possible on his internal medicine rotation, self-proclaimed third-year gunner med student Grayson McGravy told the two medicine interns on his team to go home this morning because “I got this.”
Each intern was carrying 8 patients, leaving the total...
