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		<title>New Personal Statement Website is Live! Welcome MDpersonalstatements.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Welcome newcomer MDpersonalstatements.com ! This website has a terrific collection of FREE residency personal statement examples! There will also be tips, reading ideas, and personal statement and residency information added regularly, so we welcome the addition of this terrific new resource! Check it out at MDpersonalstatements.com 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Nova has updated their Doctor Diaries website and now has information on this new series. Over the past 22 years, NOVA has followed a group of seven doctors from their first day at Harvard Medical School in 1987. All young, bright, and accomplished, none of them could have predicted what it would take, personally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medfools.com/blog/101.htm</link>
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		<title>Medfools has been BlackListed by the AAMC!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, it turns out that AAMC has established a page promoting the integrity of medical professionals and they have some guidelines there. We have long advocated NOT copying personal statements when writing your essays, as this is a sure way to get your application thrown out! So now the AAMC has added us to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical residents need more rest to prevent deadly errors: study</title>
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WASHINGTON (Medill News Service) &#8212; Worn-out medical residents need more breaks to avoid dangerous slip-ups, according to a report released Tuesday by the Institute of Medicine. The prescription: Doctors in training shouldn&#8217;t work for more than 16 hours without sleep, which is a drop from previous standards.
&#8220;The evidence is clear,&#8221; said Dr. Carolyn Clancy. &#8220;We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newest Hospitalist Data In for This Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medscape reports on the latest data for hospitalists. Hospitalist numbers are up this year, up about 5000 hospitalists since 2007. 
Here is a summary:
Hospitalist groups continue to rapidly expand in size. Over the past year, hospitalist programs have experienced a mean growth of 31% in number of hospitalist full-time equivalents (FTEs). This rate of growth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medfools.com/blog/newest-hospitalist-data-in-for-this-year.htm</link>
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		<title>Fool Goes On Vacation!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a brief note!
The Fool will be off for a much needed break this week, thru the 4th of July!
If you are needing personal statement review or need to contact us, don&#8217;t expect to hear back right away!
Thanks
Medfools
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		<link>http://www.medfools.com/blog/fool-goes-on-vacation.htm</link>
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		<title>NRMP 2008 Match Statistics Posted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Resident Matching Program has posted their stats for this year&#8217;s match up on their site. Looks like the number of applicants and 1st year positions was up again this past year. You can see the full PDFs of tables and statistics on the NRMP site.
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		<link>http://www.medfools.com/blog/nrmp-2008-match-statistics-posted.htm</link>
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		<title>Physician Salaries and Outlook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting information at NEJM:
&#8220;The AMGA and MGMA surveys, as well as smaller-scale surveys and research conducted annually by national physician recruiting firms, are hardly uniform in their findings. Yet the most recent ones — from 2005 and 2006 — illustrate notable trends in compensation and employment.
Following are highlights and key findings that may be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medfools.com/blog/physician-salaries-and-outlook.htm</link>
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		<title>Ask the Fool in Full Swing, Yahoo Catches Personal Statements as Spam!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone,
As the Fool is working hard on many personal statement revisions via the Ask the Fool  service, just wanted to remind folks that if you don&#8217;t hear back from us within a couple days to PLEASE check your spam filters, we&#8217;ve found that some personal statement revisions end up in the spam box! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medfools.com/blog/ask-the-fool-in-full-swing-yahoo-catches-personal-statements-as-spam.htm</link>
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		<title>Residency Personal Statement Time Again!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Residency Application season is upon us again, just a reminder that we do have a huge section of Medfools dedicated to residency personal statements. Check out the Residency Personal Statement Essay Library as well as our Residency Personal Statement Tips page for how to get started. Also we have a Personal Statement [...]]]></description>
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