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The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is urging residency programs to act on a new report from the Single GME Accreditation System Summit, convened by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The report calls for ending the expectation that osteopathic medical students take both the COMLEX-USA and USMLE licensing exams, eliminating the higher fees … Read More
Professionalism in medicine has been historically difficult to define, teach, assess, and remediate. While professionalism is vital to the practice of medicine, the lack of consistency across training and disciplines, combined with the often generalized nature of its description, has caused challenges in academic medicine and has led to the weaponization of its use. It … Read More
The AOA’s new guide can serve as a starting point for patient conversations, nutrition assessments and care planning.
“Over the past few years, mentorship has become one of the most rewarding parts of my medical school experience,” writes Kelly McGowen, OMS IV, who shares how she has mentored premeds.
Burnout is a critical issue, with prevalence as high as 76 % among medical students. Associated with decreased empathy, cheating, withdrawal from medical school, and suboptimal patient care, burnout correlates with work hours (WH) and self-harm thoughts (SHT).
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