Background: Mentoring relationships among physicians in academic medicine have been implemented to facilitate scholarly productivity, faculty development, and retention. Mentorships have been shown to encourage productive activity (e.g., peer‐reviewed publications), drive career advancement (e.g., faculty promotion), and enhance attitudes toward work (e.g., reduced burnout). Yet few studies have examined mentorships' impact at critical points along […]

Background: Between 2007 and 2015, inpatient fluoroquinolone use declined in U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals. Whether fluoroquinolone use at discharge has also declined, in particular since antibiotic stewardship programs became mandated at VA hospitals in 2014, is unknown. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study of hospitalizations with infection between January 1, 2014 and December 31, […]