Cureus

A new technical report published in Cureus describes how one radiation oncology residency program implemented a joint faculty-resident education subcommittee to oversee and improve its training model. The report outlines the structure and early implementation of the committee, which gives residents a formal role in shaping curriculum alongside faculty. The piece is a technical, program-level contribution aimed at medical educators considering similar governance models in residency training.

A four-year retrospective study from a tertiary care centre in northern India examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected intestinal parasitic infection positivity rates among clinically suspected patients. Published in Cureus, the analysis compared infection detection before, during and after the pandemic, offering rare data on how lockdowns and altered healthcare access changed parasitic disease patterns in the region.