The Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety will soon launch the Certified Professional in Patient Safety exam, according to a news release. The exam will officially launch during ...

How well a newly minted doctor scores on their medical board exam appears linked to patients’ odds of dying or being readmitted to the hospital. Doctors’ performance on ratings of knowledge and skill ...

How do we know whether newly minted doctors have what it takes to prevent patient deaths? After completing residency training, graduating physicians typically take board certification exams at the ...

As part of their training, medical students sometimes perform intimate physical examinations on surgical patients who are under anesthesia. Federal guidelines now prohibit this teaching practice ...

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No, replied Amanda Struiksma. It was in fact her eighth — in less than an hour. Struiksma is a “model patient,” helping first-year internal medicine residents from the University of Washington learn ...

Allegheny Health Network officials know that it takes more than a top-notch medical team to ensure patients have a positive experience when they visit one of their hospitals or clinics. To make sure ...

Savanah Harshbarger estimates she performed as many as 10 pelvic exams last year on patients before gynecologic surgeries, feeling for fibroid tumors or other abnormalities. The Duke University ...

MidMichigan Health is now accepting applications for its Ambulatory Patient Care Technician Trainee Program, a two-week paid training program. The goal of the program is to provide participants with ...

Many clinicians know the scene all too well: A patient sits across from you and confidently cites “health information” found online or from other questionable sources. In the best cases, odd claims ...

I always tell medical residents to sit. Preferably on a chair, or, with the patient’s permission, on the bed. As a fellow of maternal-fetal medicine, a specialty dealing with high-risk pregnancies, I ...