Monthly Archives: March 2022

Who Are Our Medical Students (By Family Income)?

Posted on March 22, 2022 by DR MERL Reviews

Students from high-income households are very over-represented in US medical schools.  This is a conclusion from a comparison of US Census subjects to matriculating US allopathic medical students who reported race/ethnicity and parental income on the 2017-19 AAMC Matriculating Student … Continue reading →

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Widespread But Mostly Mild – Internal Residents Report Mistreatment

Posted on March 10, 2022 by DR MERL Reviews

In this survey study of 21,931 US internal medicine residents (81% response rate), 48% reported experiencing and 62% reported witnessing “inappropriate comments or actions based on identity markers” at any time during their residency.  Fortunately, most of these incidents were … Continue reading →

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Measuring Clinical Reasoning in Admission Notes?

Posted on March 9, 2022 by DR MERL Reviews

This study examined the use of a revised assessment tool (IDEA–(I)interpretive summary, (D) differential diagnosis with commitment to most likely diagnosis, (E) explanation of reasoning for most likely diagnosis, (A) alternative diagnosis with explanation of reasoning, plus descriptive anchors) to … Continue reading →

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