Study also finds that chewing throughout exam could backfire (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Neurology)

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Can Chewing Gum Boost Exam Scores?

This the summary of my Twitter discussion with an academic nephrologist (by the way, the founding editor of UpToDate is also a nephrologist):@DrVes: UpToDate is likely the most read medical reference tool, at least in the U.S. – how did Harrison’s, Cecil’s, etc

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UpToDate is the most read medical reference tool – how did Harrison’s, Cecil’s, etc. manage to lose that war?

What were the most popular articles for medical students on Medscape this past year? Medscape Med Students (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

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Top 10 Articles for Medical Students in 2011Top 10 Articles for Medical Students in 2011

A further increase to doctors’ and medical students’ pension contributions will ‘intensify the anger’ they are already feeling over pension reforms, the BMA has warned. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)

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BMA warns pension anger will intensify after increased GP contribution offer

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WorldScopes Helps First Generation of South Sudan Doctors

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has published the latest update in its series on the physician workforce.

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2011 Physician Workforce Data Book Released

Over the past 20 years, not only has clinical instruction during radiology residency changed, but so has the practice life that comes after it. Even as a growing number of medical students select radiology as a specialty, practice-setting preferences have shifted for your younger colleagues. They also have a different set of priorities to consider.

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Life After Residency: Be Nice, Brush Up on Business, Go High-Tech

Showing empathy to your patients can be as important as the treatment. Does your medical training provide opportunities to develop as a patient advocate

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How Advocacy Training Can Improve HealthHow Advocacy Training Can Improve Health

Every month, Psychiatry Online offers Jeffersonians a free text from the American Psychiatric Publishing book store.   The PDF books are compatible with a variety of readers/computers. December’s free book is Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychopharmacology (2007), by Sandra A.

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Psychiatry Online’s Free E-Book for December

Given the obesity epidemic among the nation’s young, one might hope that children’s hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But hospitals in California fall short, with only 7 percent of entrees classified as “healthy,” according to a new study published in the journal Academic Pediatrics.

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Food served in children’s hospitals rated largely unhealthy