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Project of the ABIM Foundation, ACP-ASIM Foundation, and European Federation of Internal Medicine* in the Annals of Internal Medicine

"In this national study of internal medicine residents, suboptimal QOL and symptoms of burnout were common. Symptoms of burnout were associated with higher debt and were less frequent among international medical graduates. Low QOL, emotional exhaustion, and educational debt were associated with lower IM-ITE scores. "

MedU is the home to CLIPP - Computer-assisted Learning in Pediatrics Program, SIMPLE - Simulated Internal Medicine Patient Learning Experience, fmCASES - Family Medicine Computer-Assisted Simulations for Educating Students, and WISE-MD - Web Initiative for Surgical Education of Medical Doctors.

The eHealth International Journal provides a peer-reviewed vehicle for timely publication of scientific research on the application of information technology in medicine, medical care delivery, and public health.

"This book is the first of its kind to guide final-year medical undergraduates in performing self-assessment in examination-style modified essay questions. It will also be useful for junior residents to evaluate their own knowledge and approaches in internal medicine, as well as senior doctors in providing inspiration and ideas for setting examination questions."

"Welcome to Free Emergency Medicine Talks, more than 1900 MP3s of lectures recorded at many national and international meetings."

The Journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (JIAMSE) is the redesigned, peer-reviewed publication of the International Association of Medical Science Educators. The purpose of this electronic publication is to present scholarly activities, opinions, and resources in medical science education.

"The San Francisco-based startup, Inkling, adapted the 4,400 page McGraw-Hill text, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, for the iPad with "interactive animations and other multimedia elements." "

A web-based tool, Continuity of Care Online Simulations (COCOS), was designed for use in a one-month, postgraduate clinical rotation in endocrinology. It is an interactive tool that simulates the continuing care of any patient with a chronic endocrine disease. Twenty-three residents in internal medicine participated in a study to investigate the effects of using COCOS during a clinical rotation in endocrinology on pre-post knowledge test scores and self-assessment of confidence.

"Specialty-dependent differences exist in consult preferences of physicians. These differences vary from the extremes of orthopedic surgeons desiring a comprehensive co-management approach with the consultant to general internists and family medicine physicians desiring to retain control over order writing and have a more focused consultant approach."

"Empathy Training for Resident Physicians: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Neuroscience-Informed Curriculum"

"The curriculum introduces a simple, stepwise framework for delivering high-value care and focuses on teaching trainees to incorporate high-value, cost-conscious care principles into their clinical practice. It consists of ten 1-hour, case-based, interactive sessions designed to be flexibly incorporated into the existing conference structure of a residency training program."

"Hand-off Education and Evaluation: Piloting the Observed Simulated Hand-off Experience (OSHE)"