Insidermedicine
I would like to thank Insidermedicine for their continuing sponsorship at Kevin, M.D.Insidermedicine (www.insidermedicine.com) is a physician-led news organization that allows you to keep on ...

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Your future doctor on Facebook
The MySpace/Facebook generation is getting close to graduating medical school.Boy, are they going to regret how Google's indexed their names...

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Dilemma and high school football
When the treatment may end a promising football player's career: "My decision about how to intervene could very well end his football career. I...

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Hospitalist medicine, in one act
I think Dr. Rob says it best in the comments of this brilliant post: "EXACTLY why I don't do inpatient any more."I can't imagine doing this,...

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P4P extended to prescribing patterns?

Should physician blogs be held to a higher standard?
This new study suggests yes:"The blogging community has made an effort to set standards for medical bloggers, but unfortunately, professional organi...

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Blame game
M.D.O.D.: "Who or what is to blame: the government's and administrators' ill-conceived policy decisions; the doctors who have rolled over and all...

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Are resident work-hour restrictions doing a disservice?
Restrictions on work hours don't exist when you're an attending. Will today's residents be ready?So you're a general surgery intern. You'll be working 80 hour weeks (and pos...

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Recertification hits the UK
They're considering a 5-year recertification cycle. That's pretty short, and will be met with resistance.One thing I support is that they're ...

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Feeling Rested?
I ask because I'm not feeling rested today. See if you can make sense of it. Last night, I went to bed at 9:30. The alarm was set for 5:30....

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