When I was a medical student, we had to practice drawing blood on our lab partners. I remember the first day we did it. One guy fainted as h... [...]
A resident emailed me with some questions about surgical residency programs and education. For space considerations, his queries are incorpo... [...]
Have you ever wondered about the behavior of surgical residents on Facebook? I have. A study from the Journal of Surgical Education posted o... [...]
A surgical resident writes I’m sure you have read several recent studies suggesting that current general surgery residents are poorly traine... [...]
Some experts are worried that laparoscopic cholecystectomy is so prevalent that future surgeons may have difficulty doing open cases. I was ... [...]
How are we doing with residency training and continuity of care? Not too well if you believe a recent paper called "Continuity of Care ... [...]
Back in May, I posed this question, "Does anyone really read anything online?" Based on some data from various sources, I conclude... [...]
On February 3, JAMA published a paper online about readmission rates after surgery. The focus of most tweets was on the most common cause fo... [...]
