June 17, 2019
JAMA (vol. 321, no. 2, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Rethinking How Antibiotics Are Prescribed: Incorporating the 4 Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Into Clinical Practice” by Pranita D. Tamma, Melissa A. Miller, and Sara E. … Read More
March 25, 2019
JAMA (vol. 320, no. 19, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Physical Activity Guidelines for Health and Prosperity in the United States” by Brett P. Giroir and Don Wright “The New Age of Patient Autonomy: Implications for … Read More
January 18, 2019
Nursing Ethics (vol. 25, no. 6, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ethical Competence: An Integrative Review” by Kathleen Lechasseur, Chantal Caux, Stéphanie Dollé, and Alain Legault “Ethical Climate and Missed Nursing Care in Cancer Care units” … Read More
December 14, 2018
(BBC) – At least nine Japanese medical schools manipulated admissions, in part to exclude female students, a government investigation has found. The inquiry was launched in August, after the prestigious Tokyo Medical University (TMU) was found to have tampered with … Read More
October 30, 2018
(BBC) – A professor of surgery says students have spent so much time in front of screens and so little time using their hands that they have lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients. Roger Kneebone, professor of … Read More
October 11, 2018
(Reuters) – An initiative to replace the use of live animals with a human simulator for trauma surgery practice got training programs in more than 20 countries to make the switch, saving them money in the process, researchers say. The … Read More
August 17, 2018
(The Atlantic) – Medical school costs a lot of money that a lot of people don’t have. That often means students do a bit of cost-benefit analysis: Is it worth it to take on hundreds of thousands of dollars of … Read More
August 17, 2018
(STAT News) – Some medical students follow along with class remotely, watching sped-up recordings of their professors at home, in their pajamas. Others rarely tune in. At one school, attendance is so bad that a Nobel laureate recently lectured to … Read More
July 19, 2018
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (vol. 27, no. 3, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Regulations on Genome Editing of Human Embryos in Japan: Our Moral Moratorium” by Eisuke Nakazawa, Keiichiro Yamamoto, Aru Akabayashi, and Akira Akabayashi … Read More
July 18, 2018
JAMA Internal Medicine (vol. 178, no. 6, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Creating a “Manageable Cockpit” for Clinicians: A Shared Responsibility” by Christine A. Sinsky and Michael R. Privitera “Concerns About the Approval of Nusinersen Sodium … Read More
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