Internal Med Medical News about Internal Medicine Internship and Residency

Become a Member Today!
Register

Most Viewed Abstracts

1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians

2. Recommendations on the use of 18F-FDG PET in oncology

3. Gene expression signatures, clinicopathological features, and individualized therapy in breast cancer

4. AHA Guidelines on Cardiac CT for Assessing Coronary Artery Disease

5. Rapid correction of low vitamin D status in nursing home residents

Your Article Summary

See Latest Articles

(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

"I Can Do Patient Care on My Own": Autonomy and the Manager Role
Academic Medicine, 10/29/09

Hinchey KT et al. – An internal medicine (IM) residency program redesigned its second year, the Manager Year, to restore balance among autonomy, supervision, and clinical competence. This study examined the response of residents and some supervising attendings to this innovation...Successful preparation of physicians for independent practice requires a careful balance between autonomy and supervision, increasing the former during the training program sequence. For resident–managers, the assignment as principle caregiver occurs at the interface between the two. Managers identify themselves as a great deal more autonomous while still valuing attending supervision and input from co–managers to meet responsibilities.

<< Previous
Cocaine-Specific Antibodies Blunt the Subjective Effects of...

Next >>
A Prospective Study of the Longitudinal Effects of an Embedded...

Charting the Road to Competence: Developmental Milestones for Internal Medicine Residency Training
Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 89%

Description of a Developmental Criterion-Referenced Assessment for Promoting Competence in Internal Medicine Residents
Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 11/13/09 Relevance Score: 88%

Demographic and Work-Life Study of Chief Residents: A Survey of the Program Directors in Internal Medicine Residency Programs in the United States
Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 11/12/09 Relevance Score: 88%

Interpretation of electrocardiograms by first-year residents: the need for change
Journal of Electrocardiology, 11/03/09 Relevance Score: 88%

Medicine Residents' Self-Perceived Competence in End-of-Life Care
Academic Medicine, 10/29/09 Relevance Score: 88%