There Is No Place Like Home: Rethinking Away Rotations

Cognitive outcome of surgery: is there no place like home?

O nce upon a time, being " in a home " was a pejorative. Now, thanks largely to the government's uncontrolled experiment in health care reform, everyone seems to want in. At least physicians do. " Homes " are popping up everywhere. One type currently under construction and described by several articles in this month's issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia is the " perioperative surgical home. " The p...

No place like HOME.

Telecommuting's differential impact on work-family conflict: is there no place like home?

The literature on the impact of telecommuting on work-family conflict has been equivocal, asserting that telecommuting enhances work-life balance and reduces conflict, or countering that it increases conflict as more time and emotional energy are allocated to family. Surveying 454 professional-level employees who split their work time between an office and home, the authors examined how extensi...

No Place like Home: Is There Selection Bias in Plastic Surgery Residency Match Process?

I ntegrated plastic surgery is among the most competitive specialties in medicine. In 2015, there were 67 integrated plastic surgery residency programs, offering 148 training positions, with 206 applicants for these positions. 1 Geography plays a significant role in applicants' decision as to where to apply. An association between residents' matriculated medical school and residency program has...

Chimpanzee Behavior: There's No Place like Home

During times of crisis, humans often seek the comforts of home. New observations indicate that, during periods of food shortage, male chimpanzees behave in similar fashion by returning to the areas they occupied with their mothers in youth.