Evidence published in the Postgraduate Medical Journal suggests that newly qualified doctors feel inadequately prepared to look after acutely ill patients compared with other elements that are required in clinical practice.

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Newly Qualified Doctors Feel Inadequately Prepared To Look After Acutely Ill Patients

In response to “distracted doctoring,” some hospitals have begun limiting the use of computers, smartphones and other devices in critical settings, while schools have started reminding medical students to focus on patients. (Source: NYT Health) MedWorm Message: Find the best January Sales in the UK

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As Doctors Use More Devices, Potential for Distraction Grows

Lower levels of serotonin found in women who had used ‘rave’ drug up to two years earlier (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Neurology)

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‘Ecstasy’ May Cause Long-Term Changes in Brain Chemistry

The National Student Association of Medical Research (NSAMR) is a new, student led initiative aimed at promoting research and academic medicine amongst medical students. The Association is a collaborative network composed of research societies throughout the UK which enables the sharing of ideas and resources and provides students with a national voice on issues pertaining to research and academic training. Click on the link below for more information

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National Student Association of Medical Research

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?

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

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

The Association of American Medical Colleges has encouraged educators to investigate proper linkage of simulation experiences with medical curricula. The authors aimed to determine if student knowledge and satisfaction differ between participation in web-based and manikin simulations for learning shock physiology and treatment and to determine if a specific training sequencing had a differential effect on learning. All 40 second-year medical students participated in a randomized, counterbalanced study with two interventions: group 1 (n = 20) participated in a web-based simulation followed by a manikin simulation and group 2 (n = 20) participated in reverse order

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Enhancing learning through optimal sequencing of web-based and manikin simulators to teach shock physiology in the medical curriculum

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