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UrduMulti-institutional collaborative education program will continue after coronavirus, reports Urology Practice®
Tag: MEDICAL EDUCATION
Key priorities for transplant and living donor advocacy during COVID-1
Researchers describe ways to achieve optimal patient advocacy for kidney recipients and donors during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
LSU Health New Orleans radiologists find chest X-rays highly predictive of COVID-19
New Orleans, LA – A team of LSU Health New Orleans radiologists investigated the usefulness of chest x-rays in COVID-19 and found they could aid in a rapid diagnosis of the disease, especially in areas with limited testing capacity or…
Dean of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Named to ROI-NJ Influencers: Higher Education List
Bonita Stanton, M.D., who was the first leader of the school starting in 2016, was cited for helming the private and independent medical school – “one that aims to produce a generation of doctors whose vision is built around ensuring health outcomes regardless of race or socioeconomic status.”
UTA nursing: A national Center of Excellence
College of Nursing and Health Innovation receives National League for Nursing honor
Program highlights of the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020
Lugano, Switzerland, 28 August 2020 – The full scientific programme of the ESMO Congress 2020 (19-21 September) is now available online. (1) Programme highlights: – Three presidential symposia with practice changing data from phase 3 trials in NSCLC, upper GI,…
LSU Health study explains multipronged SARS-CoV-2 attack and widespread COVID-19 infection
New Orleans, LA – A study of a gateway receptor for SARS-CoV-2 led by Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology and Ophthalmology at LSU Health New Orleans’ Neuroscience Center of Excellence and School of Medicine, may help explain…
Rush Medical College Receives Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
Rush Medical College has won the American Association of Academic Medical Colleges Spencer Foreman community engagement award for efforts that “go well beyond the traditional role of academic medicine and reaches communities whose needs are not being met through the traditional health delivery system.”
New research contradicts claims that Asian American students are harmed when they cannot attend their first-choice university
Washington, August 24, 2020–A new study finds evidence that contradicts claims in legal complaints to the U.S. Department of Justice arguing that Asian American students face negative consequences while in college as a result of not being admitted to and…
Women surgeons earn their cut of NIH funding — and then some
Women are underrepresented in the field of academic surgery, but women surgeons are earning a disproportionate share of research grants from the National Institutes of Health, a new study has found. Women make up 19% of surgery faculty at academic…
Urine sediment test results, diagnoses vary significantly across nephrologists
Standardized approaches necessary to increase validity, reliability of widely-used diagnostic test
Projected estimates of African American graduates of closed historically black medical schools
What The Study Did: An estimate of the number of African American students who would have graduated from historically Black medical schools that were closed during the period surrounding the 1910 Flexner report was the main outcome of this study. Authors:…
UCalgary research delivers new insights into how skin can regenerate after severe burns
Findings provide basis for developing drugs to improve healing in severely damaged skin
Wide variation across hospitals in nurse staffing is threat to public’s health
New York City — US epicenter of first surge in hospitalized COVID-19 patients — has poor average hospital nurse staffing
AACN Distinguished Research Lecturer explores her role as nurse scientist
UMass Amherst associate professor heads up medical product development lab
Human milk based fortifiers improve health outcomes for the smallest premature babies
Researchers compare traditional cows milk based fortifiers with human milk based alternative
New members of AAAS’ SEA Change commit to equity through systemic change
Three universities are the first charter members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s SEA Change initiative, which supports educational institutions as they systematically transform themselves into diverse, equitable and inclusive spaces that recruit, retain and advance the…
New guidelines for managing mucositis now available
Updated clinical practice guidelines for managing mucositis, a very common and often debilitating complication of cancer therapy, was recently published in the journal Cancer . Patients experiencing mucositis often require enteral or parenteral nutrition, consume more opioids, and experience more…
Quantitative Science Studies Journal to participate in transparent peer review
The MIT Press announced today that Quantitative Science Studies (QSS), the official open access journal of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, has started a pilot program with Clarivate to utilize the Publons transparent peer review and reviewer recognition…
LSU Health discovers key to dialogue between brain cells to protect against stroke
New Orleans, LA — Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and Ludmila Belayev, MD, LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Neuroscience,…
UArizona health sciences researcher studies statins for stroke therapy
A $2.8 million grant seeks improved treatment for acute ischemic stroke patients to let them recover faster with fewer long-term complications. It hinges on delivering statins to the brain, where their neuroprotective properties may save damaged tissue
OU Health Sciences Center receives $38 million grant for suicide prevention
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five-year, $38 million grant to lead and expand a national program dedicated to suicide prevention. The grant will be led by Dolores Subia BigFoot, Ph.D.,…
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Wins NJBIA Award for Redevelopment of Former Roche Site in Nutley
The School won the New Jersey Business and Industry Association’s New Good Neighbor Award in helping to bring about the rebirth of the site which was the former headquarters of Roche
LSU Health study suggests snap diagnoses may be more accurate
New Orleans, LA – A pilot study conducted by a team of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine faculty has found that Snapchat is an effective tool to teach residents emergency radiology. The results are published online in Emergency…
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Receives Prestigious American Hospital Association Award for Community Health Work
The AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award honors hospital-led collaborative efforts improving community health. The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine was honored for its contributions through the Human Dimension program.
Earle Chambers, Ph.D., M.P.H., Appointed Director of Research in Department of Family and Social Medicine at Einstein and Montefiore
Earle Chambers, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been appointed director of the division of research in the department of family and social medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System. In this role, Dr. Chambers will help determine the priorities and focus of the department’s research agenda and manage the resources available for the research faculty. He is currently an associate professor of family and social medicine and of epidemiology & population health, and a member of the leadership team for the New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research at Einstein.
Lego builds anaesthesia skills according to new study
Lego could be used as a practical tool to train doctors in anaesthetic skills according to new research that has shown a simple task using the building bricks can help improve technical skills – a finding that could improve medical…
Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients
New Orleans, LA – A series of autopsies conducted by LSU Health New Orleans pathologists shows the damage to the hearts of COVID-19 patients is not the expected typical inflammation of the heart muscle associated with myocarditis, but rather a…
Lego builds anaesthesia skills according to new study
Lego could be used as a practical tool to train doctors in anaesthetic skills according to new research that has shown a simple task using the building bricks can help improve technical skills – a finding that could improve medical…
Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients
New Orleans, LA – A series of autopsies conducted by LSU Health New Orleans pathologists shows the damage to the hearts of COVID-19 patients is not the expected typical inflammation of the heart muscle associated with myocarditis, but rather a…
Pacemaker need in Africa outpacing resources
Statement outlines barriers to effective pacing in African countries, offers solutions
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Reaches Major Milestone and Operates as Independent School
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine has been established as an independent medical school. This is a major milestone for the three-year-old school that offers a three-year path to residency, partners students with underserved communities and strives to keep more physicians in New Jersey.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State University Receive $1.2 Million NIH Award to Recruit Underrepresented Minority Ph.D. Students
At a time when the national conversation is focused on narrowing the gap of racial equity, two of Cleveland’s anchor institutions have been awarded grant funding that will help them turn words into action.
Cleveland State University and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute received a five-year, $1.2 million T32 training award from the National Institutes of Health to recruit underrepresented minority Ph.D. students and students underrepresented in the science and technology workforce.
Common childhood vaccine might prevent severe complications of COVID-19
New Orleans, LA – A paper published by Paul Fidel, Jr., PhD, Professor and Director of the Center of Excellence in Oral and Craniofacial Biology and Associate Dean for Research at LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry, and Mairi…
COVID-READY helps hotels during and after the pandemic
KIT Spin-off offers software and certification for hygiene and protective measures
COVID-READY helps hotels during and after the pandemic
KIT Spin-off offers software and certification for hygiene and protective measures
Pew supports 10 Latin American scientists advancing biomedical discovery
PHILADELPHIA–The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2020 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. The 10 postdoctoral fellows from seven Latin American countries–Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru–will receive two years…
Pew supports 10 Latin American scientists advancing biomedical discovery
PHILADELPHIA–The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2020 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. The 10 postdoctoral fellows from seven Latin American countries–Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru–will receive two years…
Health profession: Social interdependence in active learning evaluated by Delphi procedure
Physicians must be competent collaborators with team members in order to practice medicine effectively. Health professional students have limited opportunities to work and learn together during the course of their medical education. Not only is it important for students to…
A creative way to expand the geriatrics workforce
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society research summary
A creative way to expand the geriatrics workforce
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society research summary
Singapore team develops online atlas of human immunome for precision medicine
Singapore, 10 June 2020 – Scientists from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) have developed an interactive web-based atlas of the human immunome, or genes and proteins that make up the immune system. Known as EPIC (Extended Polydimensional Immunome…
Singapore team develops online atlas of human immunome for precision medicine
Singapore, 10 June 2020 – Scientists from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) have developed an interactive web-based atlas of the human immunome, or genes and proteins that make up the immune system. Known as EPIC (Extended Polydimensional Immunome…
Late-breaking science announced for TVT Connect
Virtual CRF meeting covering the latest in structural heart disease will take place June 18-28
Late-breaking science announced for TVT Connect
Virtual CRF meeting covering the latest in structural heart disease will take place June 18-28
Editorial: COVID-19 pandemic likely to result in lasting changes to medical school curricula
‘Medical Education in the time of COVID-19’
Study in Chinese doctors shows mental toll of caring in the time of COVID-19
Rigorous study shows depression and anxiety symptoms worsened among medical residents in Shanghai, and fear of workplace violence doubled, in early 2020
Study in Chinese doctors shows mental toll of caring in the time of COVID-19
Rigorous study shows depression and anxiety symptoms worsened among medical residents in Shanghai, and fear of workplace violence doubled, in early 2020
CMSC annual meeting virtual exhibits, mini poster session and product theaters scheduled for June 1-14
Leading event for multiple sclerosis healthcare professionals to offer online expo for latest industry innovations, services and research
Survey identifies learning opportunities related to health impacts of climate change
An international survey of Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) membership found that the majority of members–health professions schools and programs, including medical, nursing, and public health–offer learning opportunities related to the health impacts of climate change, yet…