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Medical Education and Training News
July 13, 2023

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In Stressful Jobs, Depression Risk Rises With Hours Worked, Study in New Doctors Finds

The more hours someone works each week in a stressful job, the more their risk of depression rises, a study in new doctors finds. Working 90 or more hours a week was associated with changes in depression symptom scores three times larger than the ...

Medical Training Takes a Mental Toll, but Less Than a Decade Ago

A 13-year effort to track the mental health of new doctors in their most stressful time of training shows signs that things have gotten better. But those first-year residents, also called interns, still have a sizable risk of developing depression. And many who do still don't seek ...

'Springing Forward' Affects Early Birds Less Than Night Owls

Every spring, the Daylight Saving Time shift robs people of an hour of sleep - and a new study shows that DNA plays a role in how much the time change affects individuals. People whose genetic profile makes them more likely to be 'early birds' can adjust to the time change in a few days. But those ...

Brain-NET, a Deep Learning Methodology, Accurately Predicts Surgeon Certification Scores Based on Neuroimaging Data

Researchers demonstrated how a deep learning framework they call 'Brain-NET' can accurately predict a person's level of expertise in terms of their surgical motor skills, based solely on neuroimaging ...
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Resident Physicians Report COVID-19 Impacts

A study assessed resident physicians' perceptions, coping strategies and self-reported levels of depression, anxiety and stress experienced during the early phase of the ...

How Nurses Learn to Assess Pain Levels in Infants

Adults self-report their pain on a one to 10 numerical score, while children can point to an equivalent face scale -- from a green smiling face to a red crying face -- to indicate their pain. ...

New Studies Show Special Mental Health Risks for Certain Groups of New Doctors

First-year surgery residents, and first-year medical residents in all fields who are members of sexual minorities such as LGBTQ, are more likely than others to develop depression during the stressful ...

Artificial Intelligence Tutoring Outperforms Expert Instructors in Neurosurgical Training

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented both challenges and opportunities for medical training. Remote learning technology has become increasingly important in several fields. A new study finds that in a ...

年代imulation Training Helps Hone Advanced Surgical Skills, International Trial Finds

A large-scale study has found that simulation-based surgical training produced an increase of surgeons' skills for more complex ...

Challenges and Lessons Learned Caring for Diverse, Vulnerable Populations in the ER

Interviews with two dozen emergency medicine residents in academic medical center found most placed importance on learning to deliver high-quality care to diverse populations. However, many did not ...

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