To participate in physician workforce policy, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education must be protected from enforcement of antitrust law.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):258-263. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor1-1603.
Residency programs should include a system composed of night float teams, wide cross-coverage, and effective communication at the time of patient hand-off in order to maintain an 80-hour work week.
Rachelle E. Bernacki, MD, MS and Susan D. Block, MD
The Serious Illness Communication Checklist provides clinicians with a tool to facilitate discussions about end-of-life issues at the right time in the right way and document the vital information the discussion elicits.
The picture that emerges from study of physician economic behavior is mixed, but from the intensity of responses by some professional societies to Medicare's coding modifier proposal, it appears that economic incentives matter a lot to many of their members.
Medical schools need to be transparent about their admission policies and to develop equitable financial aid packages for applicants with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) status, who would contribute to a diverse health care workforce able to meet the needs of evolving communities.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(2):152-156. doi:
10.1001/virtualmentor.2015.17.2.pfor1-1502.