Your NEJM Group Today: Indictment of U.S. COVID-19 Response / Deficiencies in ECG Interpretation / Family Med. & Psychiatry Opportunities

By the Editors

Check out today's top picks from NEJM Group:

New England Journal of Medicine: Editorial: The NEJM editors have come out with an unprecedented indictment of the U.S. leadership's response to the COVID-19 pandemic: "Anyone else who recklessly squandered lives and money in this way would be suffering legal consequences. Our leaders have largely claimed immunity for their actions. But this election gives us the power to render judgment. Reasonable people will certainly disagree about the many political positions taken by candidates. But truth is neither liberal nor conservative. When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent. We should not abet them and enable the deaths of thousands more Americans by allowing them to keep their jobs." Read more at the first link below.

NEJM Journal Watch Cardiology: A systematic review reveals consistent gaps in performance on the interpretation of electrocardiograms.

NEJM CareerCenter:

• Family medicine: Atchison Hospital in Kansas is seeking a family medicine physician to join one of three primary care clinics offering full-spectrum family practice.

• Psychiatry: Northwell Health is seeking a Unit Chief for the Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens, New York.