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Mass. General residents cut back to 80-hour weeks, but with mixed feelings
Last year, a national accrediting agency put a Mass. General Hospital program on probation for violating...
Web Exclusive: Report Questions Patient Safety Training, Recommends Improvements
Today's medical students are not learning enough about patient safety, the importance of teamwork and communication...
Doctor training aided by drug industry cash
More than half of the U.S. medical residency programs to train doctors in internal medicine accepted financial support...
Expecting a surge in U.S. medical schools
Nearly two dozen medical schools have recently opened or might open across the country, the most at any time since the...
Practicing on patients, real and otherwise
Medical simulation training, which is similar to that used in aviation and in the military, uses mannequins, computers...
Magazine: 5-Minute Consult
5-Minute Consult
Simulators can teach old docs new tricks
An $8 million center in California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco is using lifelike robots and other...
Magazine: Hip Technology
A Michigan hospital puts implants through the paces using lifelike simulation technology to assess longevity.
Simulators let doctors practice on fake patients at New Orleans health center
The new LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans has the latest in simulation technology to give medical professionals...
Make a mistake, and this mannequin dies
Steve Dawson, MD, and his team are creating a dummy that will die if you don't treat it right. Intended for...