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Tag: MEDICAL EDUCATION
Educating non-specialists in Mexico: New university course offers hybrid experience
The involvement of primary healthcare providers in epilepsy care can translate to early intervention, education about the condition, and coordination of care. However, many primary healthcare providers do not have sufficient training to care for people with epilepsy, leading to gaps in diagnosis and treatment.
Clinical neurophysiology training in epilepsy: The present and the future
EEG training varies across the globe; in many countries, there is no training. Dr. Bruna Nucera talks with Dr. Sandor Beniczky about the present and future of clinical neurophysiology training.
FSMB, Intealth, ACGME Establish Advisory Commission to Guide Alternate Pathways for State Licensure of International Medical Graduates
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), Intealth™, and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced today they have established a new “Advisory Commission on Alternate Licensing Models” to provide guidance on alternative pathways for state licensure of physicians who have completed training and/or practiced outside of the United States. The majority of these physicians are international medical graduates (IMGs), encompassing both foreign nationals and U.S. citizens who completed their medical education and training outside the United States and Canada.
Match Day magic: UTSW students earn top residency spots
Future physicians persevere through pandemic to reach milestone moment
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Establishes Institute for Equity and Justice in Health Sciences Education
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai announced today the establishment of the Institute for Equity and Justice in Health Sciences Education. The Institute will expand upon Icahn Mount Sinai’s anti-racist, anti-biased learning and training environment in medical and graduate education.
INTRODUCING AtlasGPT AND A NEW ERA OF NEUROSURGERY
Liberating Greatness in Every Neurosurgeon, AtlasGPT Delivers the Most Trusted Decision Support for Brain and Spine Care
November 2023 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Goal of Reducing Healthcare Disparities in Neurosurgery”
Announcement of contents of the November 2023 issue of Neurosurgical Focus
PCOM Receives INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has received the 2023 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Honored by American Medical Association for Ongoing Commitment to Physician Well-being
For the third time, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has earned the American Medical Association (AMA) Joy in Medicine™ distinction.
Mount Sinai Announces Partnership With the Brazilian Clinical Research Institute to Advance Cardiovascular Disease Research and Medical Education
Agreement aims to improve patient care and outcomes on a global scale
Research shaped career of O’Donnell School of Public Health leader
Saad B. Omer, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., Founding Dean of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center, discovered a passion for public health while he was a medical student in Pakistan.
Remote learning during pandemic aids medical students with disabilities
Medical students who reported a disability to their school increased by more than 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study shows.
Study: Black M.D.-Ph.D. students 83% more likely to leave medical school than white students
A new study led by researchers at Yale School of Medicine shines a light on racial disparities in attrition rate from M.D.-Ph.D. programs. In a review of enrollment data from the Association of American Medical Colleges team led by YSM…
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony Welcomes Sixth Cohort of Students
The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine welcomed its newest class of 167 students with a White Coat ceremony at the Venetian in Garfield.
College students help aging patients who are hospitalized
Valentina Harmjanz often tapped into music on her smartphone to connect with older patients she visited at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. The UT Southwestern medical student met with patients as part of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), a joint effort between UTSW and the Hobson Wildenthal Honors College at the University of Texas at Dallas.
New paper suggests health care simulation should train providers to think on their feet
In a new paper, emergency medicine physician Samuel Clarke suggests the health education community re-design simulation-based teaching to utilize more adaptive expertise.
Rohit Loomba, MD, Named Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Rohit Loomba, MD, has been named chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. His new role is effective June 1, 2023.
Close to 300 Healthcare Providers Graduated from PCOM Georgia
PCOM Georgia held its annual commencement ceremony on May 23, this year gradating 283 physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, physician assistants, biomedical scientists and medical laboratory scientists.
PCOM South Georgia students awarded for academic, civic excellence
PCOM South Georgia honored members of its first graduating class of doctors for outstanding achievement in the classroom and in the community with student awards on May 24.
PCOM South Georgia students honor donors with memorial service
PCOM South Georgia students in the doctor of osteopathic medicine program and the master of biomedical sciences program held a memorial service to recognize the selfless contributions made by those who donated their bodies to science.
U-M Health surgical team guides Zambia’s first total aortic arch replacement
Surgeons in Zambia completed the country’s first total aortic arch replacement – guided by a team from University of Michigan Health. Zambia, a country of around 20 million people, has fewer than 10 cardiac specialists in both the government and private sector. Cardiovascular disease is the nation’s second leading cause of death.
JMIR Medical Education Invites Submissions for Its New Theme Issue “ChatGPT: Generative Language Models and Generative AI in Medical Education”
JMIR Medical Education is excited to announce the launch of a new theme issue, ChatGPT, Generative Language Models, and Generative AI in Medical Education. The Call for Papers is now open and submissions are due by July 31st.
Nearly 100% of UT Southwestern medical students match to residency programs nationally, across Texas
Nearly 100% of UT Southwestern Medical School students matched to residency programs – well above the national average of 94% – including about half who matched to hospitals affiliated with U.S. News & World Report’s top 25 medical schools, including UT Southwestern. More than 100 matched to Texas programs.
JMIR Medical Education Launches Special Issue on the Use of ChatGPT in Medical Education, After New Study Finds ChatGPT Passes the United States Medical Licensing Examination
A study published on February 8, 2023, in JMIR Medical Education, a leading open access journal on digital medical education, evaluated the potential of ChatGPT, a natural language processing model, as a medical education tool. The study found that ChatGPT reaches the equivalent of a passing score for a third-year medical student.
Einstein Appoints Reginald Hayes as Assistant Dean for Diversity Engagement
Albert Einstein College of Medicine has named Reginald Leon Hayes, B.S., B.Mus., M.Div., the assistant dean for diversity enhancement. In this role, Mr. Hayes will focus on promoting diversity, equity, and engagement for current and prospective medical students and those in Einstein’s pathway programs. Mr. Hayes began his new role in late January.
UCI to launch pre-health program with support from state of California
Irvine, Calif., Feb. 9, 2023 — Increasing underrepresented students’ access to careers in medicine is the focus of a new interdisciplinary, pre-health professional development program at the University of California, Irvine. A five-year, $3.6 million grant from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information will support UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways, a resource for undergraduates from underserved communities who are interested in pursuing careers in healthcare.
Xavier University of Louisiana and Ochsner Health Partner to Create College of Medicine and Pursue Health, Educational Equity
Xavier University of Louisiana (Xavier) and Ochsner Health (Ochsner) today announced an agreement to establish a joint College of Medicine. The partnership will create a new, standalone College of Medicine in New Orleans, training the health care professionals of tomorrow
Virtual reality tool helps UT Southwestern physicians learn to de-escalate tense situations
An innovative virtual reality (VR) training tool – developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Department of Emergency Medicine in partnership with UT Dallas – could soon play a major role in helping physicians recognize and respond to potentially violent patient encounters.
Podcast: From bedside to industry: Epilepsy career profile of Dr. Caroline Neuray
Dr. Alina Ivaniuk talks with Dr. Neuray about her career path from medical school to industry CEO. They discuss the power of peer mentoring, ways to improve medical education, and finding the courage to accept change.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine’s COVID Support Our Schools Initiative Assisting at Peak of Pandemic Publishes Findings
The paper concludes the COVID Support Our Schools (SOS) program helped underserved communities at a critical time – and its benefits could help with community health outreach beyond the time of a pandemic
Dr. Jeffrey Boscamp Named Dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Medical leader who helped shape beginnings of medical school takes leadership of School
Medical Students Lead Nationwide Movement to Excise Racism From Nephrology Curricula
As medical schools across the country grapple with the arduous process of revising their curricula to be anti-racist, students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have turned a critical eye on the very textbooks that have trained medical students for years.
Cerebral palsy itself does not cause death in adults, so why is it still listed as an underlying cause?
Listing cerebral palsy as the main cause of death for adults with cerebral palsy can contribute to a lack of understanding about how the condition interacts with various secondary illnesses and complications.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Achieves Full Accreditation from Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Major accrediting body grants full accreditation as institution draws closer to full accreditation from all agencies
$50M Perot family gift expands UT Southwestern’s Medical Scientist Training Program
The Perot family, The Perot Foundation, and The Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. Foundation have provided a transformative $50 million endowment for UT Southwestern’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), among the nation’s elite programs that provide graduates a dual M.D./Ph.D. degree to strengthen the advancement of laboratory discoveries into the clinical arena. Funding will provide a permanent endowment for the Perot Family Scholars Medical Scientist Training Program – one of just 54 M.D./Ph.D. training programs in the country supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Vice Dean Hoffman Honored with Prestigious ELAM/ELH Fellowship
The year-long Executive Leadership in Health Care fellowship makes Vice Dean one of just 1,200 worldwide
Helen Boucher Named Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine
Physician Helen Boucher, an expert in infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance, has been named the new dean of Tufts University School of Medicine. She had served as the school’s interim dean since last summer, when she was also named chief academic officer for Tufts Medicine.
Houston Methodist enters the metaverse with launch of new MITIEverse™ app
Exploring the heart from the inside out is now possible with a new app from Houston Methodist.
Jeffrey Boscamp Named to NJBIZ ‘Power 50 for Education’
Interim dean named to list for first time
University of Miami Health System Signs Partnership with Jamaica’s Minister of Health
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and UHealth – University of Miami Health System have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Jamaica’s minister of health to improve the health infrastructure in Jamaica and the Caribbean through education and collaboration.
August 2022 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: “Education Methodology and Metrics in the Training of Neurosurgical Residents”
Announcement of contents of the August 2022 issue of Neurosurgical Focus.
JMIR Nursing | Using a Decision Aid to Support Shared Prenatal Screening Decision Making
JMIR Publications recently published “Web-Based Training for Nurses on Using a Decision Aid to Support Shared Decision-making About Prenatal Screening: Parallel Controlled Trial” in JMIR Nursing which reported that in this study, these authors aimed to assess the impact of a shared decision-making (SDM) training program on nurses’ intention to use a decision aid with pregnant women deciding on prenatal screening for Down syndrome.
JMIR Medical Education | Digital Teaching in Medical Education: Literature Review
These JMIR Medical Education authors used a bibliometric approach to unveil and evaluate the scientific literature on digital teaching research in medical education, demonstrating recurring research topics, productive authors, research organizations, countries, and journals.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Welcomes Latest Group of Students with White Coat Ceremony
The cohort welcomed in 2022 is very academically talented, based on MCATs
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science to celebrate historic commencement with combined ceremony
Mayo Clinic is celebrating the graduation of the next generation of physicians and scientists. In a combined ceremony on Sunday, May 22, students will receive degrees conferred by Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Forty-one new physicians will join the prestigious Mayo Clinic alumni, with six receiving both medical and doctoral degrees and 30 new biomedical scientists receiving doctoral degrees. In addition, 28 students will receive master’s degrees.
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine graduates to ease physician shortage in Arizona and around the country
Medical students from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, a national medical school, are taking part in the first tri-site commencement this year. This is the second commencement of Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine — Arizona Campus. The ceremony will take place Friday, May 20.
Henry Ford Cardiologist to Perform a Live Heart Procedure at International Medical Education Event
DETROIT (May 17, 2022) – For the third straight year, Henry Ford Hospital interventional cardiologist Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D. will perform a live heart procedure as part of an international interactive medical education event, with proceeds benefiting hospitals in Ukraine.Dr. Alaswad, director of the cardiac catheterization lab, will perform an advanced heart procedure known as chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention, as part of CTO LIVE AID 2022, a livestreamed event to provide invaluable training to cardiologists around the world.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Selects Medical Schools as Partners for Key Anti-Racism Initiative
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will enroll 11 partner medical schools in its Anti-Racist Transformation (ART) in Medical Education initiative, which seeks to use a formal change management process developed at Mount Sinai to address deeply entrenched racism and bias. The initiative has received generous support from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
MICHAEL S. CARTWRIGHT, MD, MS AWARDED THE JUN KIMURA OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD FROM AANEM
AANEM is pleased to announce Michael S. Cartwright, MD, MS is the winner of the 2021 Jun Kimura Outstanding Educator Award. This award is characterized by a member’s significant contributions relating to neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine education.