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Milestone Match Day sees record highs; soar in DO applicants
The 2020 Match unified allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) applicants for the first time in single matching program.
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DIY masks: Worth the risk? Researchers are conflicted
Some health care workers are making their own personal protective equipment.
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Match Day 2020: Online announcements replace celebrations, champagne
Match Day organizers look to Zoom, slide shows, email announcements, and other ways to engage future residents.
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Clinicians petition government for national quarantine
The petition was started by an apolitical Facebook group to focus attention on what members see as the most critical issues for clinicians.
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Physicians and health systems can reduce fear around COVID-19
“We must look after our patients. But we also have to look after ourselves so that we can look after our patients,” said Dr. Peter M. Yellowlees...
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Ketamine and serotonin syndrome: A case report
This case describes a patient with serotonin syndrome, which might have been induced by ketamine.
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‘Momentous’ USMLE change: New pass/fail format stuns medicine
Step 1 had been criticized as playing too big a role in the process of becoming a physician and for causing students to study for the test instead...
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Legalization of marijuana and youths’ attitudes toward its use
The legal status of marijuana has changed a great deal during the last 4 decades.
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Career Choices: Psychiatric oncology
In this Career Choices, Saeed Ahmed, MD, talked with William Pirl, MD, MPH, FACLP, FAPOS, about psychiatric oncology.
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Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Position
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Feigning alcohol withdrawal symptoms can render the CIWA-Ar scale useless
The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol–Revised (CIWA-Ar) scale is a well-established protocol that attempts to measure the...