It’s nice that GS2211 stayed, but the constant uncertainty of funding, the decreasing reimbursement, and the impact of the understated inflation rates on costs are absolutely eating public clinics, smaller private clinics, independent hospitals, and so on. And telling everyone to wait a quarter, then another quarter, and then another quarter for actual resolution is just nuts.
Time constraints, EHRs, risk management, compressed clinical education, knowledge explosion - there’s a lot going against narrative medicine. It’s one of those little studies, but note the single session event, and the perception of on mitigation of burnout and pedagogical skills. We ourselves are in the ”…anything that gives the resident time to stop and think…” (and doesn’t involve more caffeine) camp.
Pilot Narrative Medicine Curriculum
During the remote tests made available in 2020, there wasn’t any difference in predicted scores and actual, except for a small difference in PGY-1. If we keep remote proctored tests, it could reduce some of the stress and scheduling in the hectic residency training environments.
Report Shows Score Comparability In-Person, Remote Proctoring
Ensure High Scores for Your Residents
Summary article by authors of a study on EM residency selection among medical students. While a number of new residencies have been opened, which impacts availability, the practice environment, pay, utilization all seem to be factors.