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Issue 4, January 31, 2012

• News and briefs: Bob Barker urges university to stop using cats to train medical students

  Game show icon Bob Barker is asking the University of Virginia to stop the practice of using cats...

• News and briefs: Teaching hospitals receive $2 million in Medicare overpayments

  Fifty teaching hospitals in Mid-Atlantic states such as Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland...

• Tip of the week: Getting involved is getting prepared

  Internal reviews require a dedication to organization. No matter how organized an individual or...

Issue 3, January 24, 2012

• News and briefs: IRS to reimburse former medical residents

  According to an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, residents, fellows, and the hospitals they...

• News and briefs: Senators call for GME funding review

  Seven U.S. senators urged the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct an independent review of GME...

• Featured blog post: Consider me PGY1: An introduction to the new residency editor

  It was a week before Christmas and my family and friends gathered for our annual December yuletide...

• Tip of the week: Chart stimulated recall improves medical knowledge

  Residents are given a number of different exams to increase their medical knowledge – one of...

Issue 2, January 17, 2012

• News and briefs: First Lady lauds AAMC, AACOM commitment to PTSD, brain injury research

  With a presidential seal of approval from First Lady Michelle Obama, AAMC and American Association...

• News and briefs: ACGME to test four-year family medicine residency model

  Will it be three or four years? A new ACGME pilot program will determine the appropriate length for...

• News and briefs: Report focuses more attention on social/behavioral sciences in medical education

  A new AAMC report stresses the importance of medical education focusing on the impact of lifestyle...

• Tip of the week: Stay organized in preparation of ranking meeting

  Recruiting quality residents into your program can hit a snag if ranking practices are taken...

Issue 1, January 10, 2012

• News and briefs: New requirements concern DO transfers

  The DO Advisory Board is looking to amend proposed changes to the ACGME’s Common Program...

• Tip of the Week: Celebrate site visit notification

  On the fateful day the official ACGME letter arrives in your inbox, pass out high fives instead of...

• News and briefs: CMS selects first wave of 'innovation advisors'

  CMS selected 73 medical professionals to the Innovation Advisors Program. These individuals...