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January 31, 2024 Residency Newsletter

Written by Challenger Corporation | Feb 2, 2024 8:17:04 PM

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  • Losing Compassion For Patients
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Concerning Failure Rate For ABEM Exam

Bluntly, pass rates for the ABEM exam are concerning. In 2023, the pass rate for first-time takers who had completed an EM residency were down to 88%. That's an unreasonably high failure rate.

ABEM 2023 Qualifying Examination Scores

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How to Lose Your Compassion: the Brutal Reality of Medical Internship

Trying to teach empathy and compassion is a new focus in nursing education as well. The sad fact is, most everyone that gets into medicine is loaded with compassion (yes, we all know a few that apparently missed that gene). The flip side away from transactional care, and into continuous care, though, is going to be ungrateful patients. Sorry. 

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