Newsroom and Blog Updates on Pursuing Excellence

Nine Pathway Leaders will form a Patient Safety Collaborative focused on creating and testing a framework for residents and fellows to engage with their learning environments in promoting a culture of safety.

This article from Stat News discusses how the medical education community is working to prevent physician burnout and suicide.

This article in HCPro discusses updates to the CLER Pathways to Excellence document released in May 2017.

The American Psychiatric Association's Psychiatric News features an article on Back to Bedside.

This article in Academic Medicine systematically studies the number of US resident deaths from all causes, including suicide betwee 2000 and 2014.

U.S. News and World Report writes about the National Academy of Medicine's open meeting gathering ideas how to combat burnout among health workers.

This article reports on the second year of the FIRST Trial that compares effects of standard clinical work and education hours or more flexible work hour policies on residents.

ACGME Board Chair Dr. Rowen Zetterman discussed the Common Program Requirement revisions on CBS This Morning.

This ACGME and National Academy of Medicine partnership will hold its first public meeting July 14 to explore approaches to promoting physician well-being and highlight current research.

This Chicago Tribune feature highlights the problem of physician burnout and suicide and discusses what the medical community is doing to address it.