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Medical Residents Stranded After Program Loses Accreditation

Joel Pellot, MD, had never set up a GoFundMe campaign until this week. But when he learned that the neurosurgery residency program at the University of Puerto Rico was losing its accreditation, he knew that his fellow residents would need financial help to relocate to another program. Pellot, who is finishing his sixth year of […]

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After Uproar, Ousted Residency Director Offered Job Back

The Tulane University School of Medicine, in New Orleans, Louisiana, has extended an offer to reinstate Princess Dennar, MD, the first and only Black woman to lead any of the school’s residency programs, after removing her from that position in mid-February. Her ousting had prompted a wave of outrage from current students and residents, alumni, […]

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Tips Provided for Budgeting in Medical Residency

THURSDAY, Oct. 4, 2018 — Medical residents should start budgeting and save for the future, according to an article published in the American Medical Association AMA Wire. Noting that medical residents are expected to manage complicated finances, the author of the article provides several pieces of essential financial advice. Medical residents must understand their income; […]