The Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety will soon launch the Certified Professional in Patient Safety exam, according to a news release. The exam will officially launch during ...

As part of their training, medical students sometimes perform intimate physical examinations on surgical patients who are under anesthesia. Federal guidelines now prohibit this teaching practice ...

How do we know whether newly minted doctors have what it takes to prevent patient deaths? After completing residency training, graduating physicians typically take board certification exams at the ...

A study led by researchers at Boston-based Harvard Medical School found newly trained physicians with high board certification exam scores led to lower risk of patient deaths and hospital readmissions ...

As we reported previously, even though about 35 percent of the current U.S. population is considered obese, today's physicians aren't confident that they have the tools to help patients lose weight or ...

Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017. Before the procedure, she told her physician that she did not want medical students to be directly involved. But ...

MidMichigan Health is now accepting applications for its Ambulatory Patient Care Technician Trainee Program, a two-week paid training program. The goal of the program is to provide participants with ...