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Compounding Problems: • Embarrassment leads to silence • Time constraints lead to inadequate attention • Knowledge limits lead to patients accepting • Technology limits lead to inadequate investigation • Resource limits lead to inadequate access

In this educational tutorial, a patient had a diagnostic laparoscopy done by an inexperienced laparoscopist. When the patient presented, she had multiple sinuses around the umbilicus and was taking antibiotics without any benefit.

Presentation by Galal Lotfi, MD, MRCOG, professor of obstetrics and gynecology for Suez Canal University in Egypt.

In a recent study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr Strand and colleagues found that behavioral interviewing techniques may be useful in predicting success of a candidate in residency. Here, Dr Strand shares some tips for graduating medical students who are preparing for residency interviews.