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Gregory A. Hood, MD

JAMA. 1998;280:2036.

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A recent article in JAMA, "Learning, Satisfaction, and Mistreatment During Medical Internship: A National Survey of Working Conditions,"¹ discussed the working and learning environment during the first year of residency training. While many residents may focus on the mistreatment section of the study, I would like to focus on the learning and satisfaction results. The study found that the two factors contributing the most to satisfaction were relationships within the hospital and positive learning experiences. The importance of relationships was also seen in the factors that contributed the most to learning, the two most important of which were other residents and special patients.

When I think of my special patients, I remember the ones whose personal or medical situations seemed unique. As physicians, we learn something from each patient we see, but I admit that I remember patients who are famous or associated with famous . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Department of Internal Medicine
Mercy Hospital
San Diego, Calif

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