Editor’s Note: This post about PA education was previously published in In Practice, which is hosted by the New England Journal of Medicine and NEJM Journal Watch. Bianca Belcher, MPH, PA-C practices neurosurgery in Boston, MA.In 2010, there were 146 accredited physician assistant (PA) programs in the United [...]
When most of us think of continuing medical education, we think of conferences, question banks, and journal articles. But social media is quickly gaining a foothold in this space. A new survey of 250 physicians, conducted by MedData Group, found that about half of all respondents were using [...]
Every week, we email a case-based board-style question to tens of thousands of clinicians as part of our NEJM Knowledge+ Question of the Week program. Our initial offering focused on internal medicine, but we've expanded to include family medicine board review questions as well. So far, the response [...]
Have you ever had a patient sitting on your examination table waiting for you to explain what’s wrong with her? You rack your brain, review the test results again, and then simply admit you’d like to refer her to a specialist. At the moment you thought to yourself, [...]
I’ve always been an active learner who learns best in “need-to-know” situations — and the point-of-care context is the epitome of “need to know.” It’s hard for me to retain information if I don’t know why I need to know it. Thus, I enjoy incorporating learning into my [...]
I recently cared for a brain-injured patient who was having side effects from an antiepileptic medication. While trying to figure out what to do for him, I happened upon a colleague of mine (let’s call him Dr. Brain) who wrote one of the leading textbooks on traumatic brain injury, and [...]