What Residents Learn From Inpatient Hematology-Oncology: A Call to Rebuild a Community of Practice

Dr. Anthony Back, MD, discusses the sobering question raised by McFarland et a (jop.ascopubs.org/content/11/4/289.full?sid=348…)l. The study findings—that inpatient oncology rotations are associated with decreases in interest, empathy, and resilience—suggest that inpatient oncology units have managed to compress into a month a process of hardening previously thought to require years.