New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine launched the Weill Cornell Physician-Scientist Incubator Initiative to support early- and mid-career physician-scientists who have established independently funded research programs. “From a pragmatic perspective, there hasn’t been a stable, dedicated structure to help physician-scientists…
Integration & Physician Issues
The American Osteopathic Association is urging residency programs to end the expectation that osteopathic medical students take both the COMLEX-USA and USMLE licensing exams. The report, from a June summit in Chicago convened by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical…
As AI races into exam rooms and onto patients’ phones, the physician’s role is more important than ever — not because doctors must police the technology, but because chatbots cannot replace trust, judgment and the patient-physician relationship, according to Jan…
Internal medicine represents the largest primary care specialty, with 48% of all primary care physicians practicing in this field, according to new data from KFF. In contrast, obstetrics and gynecology represents 10.1% of the primary care workforce, underscoring a significant…
Most women physicians want to work part time within a decade of finishing training. Far fewer actually do, according to research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. A study published Aug. 27 in JAMA Network Open tracked 710…
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Six medical schools and campuses are slated to welcome their first students in 2027, adding to a wave of new programs aimed at easing projected physician shortages. Four have earned preliminary accreditation or pre-accreditation, which allows them to recruit their…
Health systems are facing a late-career physician dilemma: An aging workforce raises patient safety concerns, yet shortages and early retirements among mid-career physicians mean late-career physicians are needed more than ever. The physician workforce has faced an aging problem for…
When a patient came to Jon Ebbert, MD, with dizziness, he took her history, examined her and told her he suspected benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. “She looked at me and said, ‘That’s what ChatGPT told me,'” said Dr. Ebbert, a…
The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at UNT Health Fort Worth is the nation’s sole medical school that requires students to pass a patient safety exam, The Dallas Morning News reported Oct. 21. The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s curriculum…
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has proposed major revisions to the Common Program Requirements that govern U.S. residency training, including a reduction in the guaranteed rest period after a 24-hour call shift. The draft was posted for public…