Breastfeeding is widely recognized for its medical and neurodevelopmental benefits, leading to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommending exclusive breastfeeding first 6 months an infant’s life with continuation through 2 years age beyond.1 However, this literature review finds that despite 2022 update AAP’s recommendations, education on physicians-in-training inadequate. Though inte...

Problem Effects of residents' blended learning on their clinical performance have rarely been reported. A blended learning pilot program was instituted at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine's Obstetrics and Gynecology program. One of the modules was chronic hypertension in pregnancy. We sought to evaluate if the resident blended learning was transferred to their clinical performanc...

BACKGROUND Physicians-in-training are challenged every day with grueling academic requirements, job strain, and patient safety concerns. Residency shapes the skills and values that will percolate to patient care and professional character. Unfortunately, impediments to the educational process due to medical resident mistreatment by bullying remain highly prevalent in training today. METHODS A...

Introduction: Simulation has become increasingly important in medical education. Both medical student education and resident education frequently incorporate human simulation as a means of developing skills in patient care, crisis leadership and decision-making 1, . As the overall impact of human simulation on medical education continues to evolve, the use of simulation and the number of simula...