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Innovative Educational Program Designed To Improve Care For Growing Number Of Older Adults Expands To Three More Schools published Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT
A highly successful and innovative training program that prepares chief residents at medical schools to diagnose and treat health problems common to older adults -- and to prepare the medical students and residents who they help train to do the same -- will include three additional medical schools, the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP) has announced.

GE Healthcare's Online Sepsis Education Program Stresses Early Recognition And Care published Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT
GE Healthcare's Trends in Sepsis Management online program - based on the six-year Surviving Sepsis Campaign - is designed to engage clinicians in real-life situations involving the identification and treatment of sepsis.

Citizens In 34 Countries Show Implicit Bias Linking Males More Than Females With Science published Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
Implicit stereotypes - thoughts that people may be unwilling to express or may not even know that they have - may have a powerful effect on gender equity in science and mathematics engagement and performance, according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Shortage Of Family Physicians Troubles States, ERs published Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:00:00 PDT
"This spring, 385 students graduated from Georgia's medical schools, but only two of them chose to remain in the state to pursue a family medicine residency," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. "Overall, 20 students, or 5 percent, chose to go into family medicine - half the number that it was just five years ago.

AMSA Supports Call To Drop 10-Year Moratorium On Provider Numbers published Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
The Australian Medical Students' Association commends the announcement made by The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) to withdraw support from the 10-year moratorium imposed on overseas doctors by the government in an attempt to improve patient access to doctors in rural areas. President Tiffany Fulde commented, "The 10 year moratorium has failed to establish a stable health workforce in areas of need.

Med Schools Improve Conflict Of Interest Policies, But Widespread Problems Remain published Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:00 PDT
According to the latest ratings of two watchdog groups, medical schools are "improving their conflict-of-interest policies to police their ties with drug and medical-device makers. But more than half the schools still have inadequate policies or no policies at all," the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog reports.

Medical Students, Pew Find Improvement In Medical School Pharmaceutical Conflict-Of-Interest Policies, But Many Lag published Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:00:00 PDT
Over one-fifth of U.S. medical schools improved their conflict-of-interest rules in the past year, yet dozens of others lag behind according to the 2009 American Medical Student Association (AMSA) PharmFree Scorecard, released today.

NASAC Statement On The Occasion Of The G8+5 Summit In L'Aquila, Italy published Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT
A group of scientific academies in Africa encourages the G8+5 countries to help Africa stem the scientific brain drain. "One-third of all African scientists live and work in developed countries. This outflow represents a significant loss of economic potential for the continent, especially in today's global society where scientific and technological knowledge drive development.

Lack Of Medical School Training On Abortion Contributes To Decline In Providers, Salon Opinion Piece Says published Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:00:00 PDT
Salon contributor Kate Harding on Monday examined how a lack of training in medical schools is affecting the availability of abortion providers in the U.S. Harding reports that 87% of all U.S. counties and 98% of rural counties have no abortion services.

Summer Interns Arrive At Herman B Wells Center For Pediatric Research published Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:00:00 PDT
Twenty-nine students arrived at Indiana University School of Medicine's Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research to work a 10-week summer internship alongside top pediatric researchers. More than 250 applicants vied for the treasured research spots. Most of the candidates come from Indiana universities.

Demand For Integrated Vascular Residency Training Outweighs Positions published Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:00:00 PDT
The number of talented and motivated applicants for integrated vascular training programs far outweighs available positions according to a new, four-year study by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.

Simulation Game Helps Students Learn Dental Implant Procedures published Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
A realistic computer game will soon be used to help dental students worldwide learn and reinforce dental implant procedures. The Virtual Dental Implant Training Simulation Program is designed to help students in diagnostics, decision making and treatment protocols. It was designed by Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry faculty and students and BreakAway, Ltd., a developer of game-based technology for training, experimentation and decision-making analysis.

'Virtual World' Training For Public Health Emergencies Evaluated By UIC published Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:00:00 PDT
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health are conducting a study to determine if collaborative virtual environments improve public health preparedness and response planning. The study is funded by a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Only Half Of Brits Can Find Their Heart published Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:00:00 PDT
UK researchers who asked over 700 patients and members of the public to pick out a diagram that showed the correct location of the human heart found that less than half of them were able to do so. Less than one third placed the lungs correctly although 85 per cent of them were able correctly to place the intestines.

Quick-Reference Handbook Provides 'Evidence-Based Endocrinology' Recommendations published Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:00:00 PDT
One of the most widely read books in endocrinology recently came out in its second edition. The pocket-sized Evidence-Based Endocrinology is a quick-reference handbook that provides evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders. Dr. Pauline Camacho of Loyola University Health System and co-authors Dr. Glen Sizemore and Dr. Hossein Gharib summarize the latest and best clinical studies supporting the practice recommendations.

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