Horologists refer to the Henry Graves Supercomplication as the "Mona Lisa" of timepieces. Made by Patek Philippe in 1933, this handcrafted pocketwatch features 24 complications, including a perpetual calendar, moon phases, and sidereal time. Sotheby's recently auctioned off the Gates timepiece for a record $11 million.
Medical students in only 52 US schools spend time in separate, formal ethics courses during their educational career.
Residents in pathology worked on average of 48 hours per week, while those in general surgery worked on average of 81 hours per week.
According to ACGME work-hour guidelines, it is desirable for general surgery residents to have 1 day off a week and be on call no more than every third night.
General practitioners in Great Britain spend between 5 and 8 minutes in an average office visit, while US physicians spend between 10 to 20 minutes or more [1].
Technically, the third millennium starts on January 1, 2001. Check your clock against the official US atomic clock and learn the importance of having time accuracy to 1 second in 6 million years.