A single touch, whether the reassuring squeeze of a patient’s hand, the gentle pressure of a stethoscope, or the precise contact of a surgeon's fingers, can communicate and sometimes heal in ways that ...

In this article, we argue in favor of a promising paradigm for training physicians: competency-based medical education (CBME). 10 CBME takes an outcomes-based approach in training learners to become ...

Reinforcement Learning, an artificial intelligence approach, has the potential to guide physicians in designing sequential treatment strategies for better patient outcomes but requires significant ...

The first patient I met as a medical student was a middle-aged delivery man and a former track athlete. He was recovering from his second amputation due to uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. When he told ...

At its core, continuity in the context of medical care refers to seamlessly connecting patients, learners, and practitioners across time and space. Maintaining each of the types of continuity defined ...

Future doctors may no longer be required to learn in medical school about how social and economic factors affect health.

The high-tech, lifelike mannequin would be downright creepy if it wasn't such a good teaching tool. The device, designed to ...