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Tag: MEDICAL EDUCATION
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…
Diversity of applicants to surgical residency, fellowship programs
What The Study Did: Researchers looked at trends in diversity by sex and race/ethnicity among applicants to U.S. surgical residency and fellowship programs from 2008-2018 to see if diversity was increasing. Authors: Issam Koleilat, M.D., of the Montefiore Medical Center in New…
1ST COVID autopsy series by LSUHealthNO pathologists reveals new cardiopulmonary findings
New Orleans, LA – LSU Health New Orleans pathologists performed the first series of autopsies on African Americans who died from COVID-19 in New Orleans, and their findings provide new and critical information to guide patient management. The findings are…
Diversity of applicants to surgical residency, fellowship programs
What The Study Did: Researchers looked at trends in diversity by sex and race/ethnicity among applicants to U.S. surgical residency and fellowship programs from 2008-2018 to see if diversity was increasing. Authors: Issam Koleilat, M.D., of the Montefiore Medical Center in New…
1ST COVID autopsy series by LSUHealthNO pathologists reveals new cardiopulmonary findings
New Orleans, LA – LSU Health New Orleans pathologists performed the first series of autopsies on African Americans who died from COVID-19 in New Orleans, and their findings provide new and critical information to guide patient management. The findings are…
Women almost twice as likely to choose primary care as men
Researchers review influences on medical students’ choice of specialty to improve primary care pipeline
Former surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy receives award
The Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare honors foreign-born leaders in healthcare in the United States
Women almost twice as likely to choose primary care as men
Researchers review influences on medical students’ choice of specialty to improve primary care pipeline
Former surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy receives award
The Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare honors foreign-born leaders in healthcare in the United States
Heart failure patients with limited health literacy may have higher risk of death
Study suggests minimal health literacy linked to increased hospitalizations, mortality
Novel biomarkers predict benefit with immunotherapy in metastatic breast cancer
ESMO Breast Cancer Virtual Meeting, 23-24 May 2020
Effects of gender bias, stereotypes in surgical training
What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial investigated the association between pro-male gender bias and negative stereotypes against women during surgical residency on surgical skills and proactive career development of residents in general surgery training programs. Factors contributing to…
6th International Forum on Teacher Education (Virtual IFTE 2020)
Russia’s largest international meeting on teacher training moves online
Effects of gender bias, stereotypes in surgical training
What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial investigated the association between pro-male gender bias and negative stereotypes against women during surgical residency on surgical skills and proactive career development of residents in general surgery training programs. Factors contributing to…
6th International Forum on Teacher Education (Virtual IFTE 2020)
Russia’s largest international meeting on teacher training moves online
NEJM Group releases COVID-19 Rx for interactive learning
NEJM Group today released Covid-19 Rx: Treatment Simulations , a series of five Covid-19 interactive cases that range from a mild self-limited flu-like illness to life-threatening multi-organ failure. Designed to teach clinicians on the frontlines of the pandemic, the detailed…
NEJM Group releases COVID-19 Rx for interactive learning
NEJM Group today released Covid-19 Rx: Treatment Simulations , a series of five Covid-19 interactive cases that range from a mild self-limited flu-like illness to life-threatening multi-organ failure. Designed to teach clinicians on the frontlines of the pandemic, the detailed…
Announcing Nutrition 2020 live online
Virtual event brings you the latest research news from the comfort of home
Announcing Nutrition 2020 live online
Virtual event brings you the latest research news from the comfort of home
Join ACC, global partners for dedicated week of action on NCDs
In age of COVID-19, non-communicable diseases put patients at increased risk of complications
A new tool to predict delays in post-surgical radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
Medical University of South Carolina researchers have developed and validated prediction tools, known as nomograms, that could be used to help prevent delays in the initiation of radiotherapy after surgery for head and neck cancer.
Join ACC, global partners for dedicated week of action on NCDs
In age of COVID-19, non-communicable diseases put patients at increased risk of complications
A new tool to predict delays in post-surgical radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
Medical University of South Carolina researchers have developed and validated prediction tools, known as nomograms, that could be used to help prevent delays in the initiation of radiotherapy after surgery for head and neck cancer.
Life-Saving Lullabies warn against the dangers of COVID-19 to African women
…and now New York wants to hear them!
Coronavirus drugs: Where are we, and what’s next? (video)
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2020 — Antiviral drugs could help us fight the new coronavirus, but currently, we don’t have a highly potent, effective antiviral that cures COVID-19. Why not? We called a few virologists to find out: https:/ / youtu.…
Coronavirus drugs: Where are we, and what’s next? (video)
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2020 — Antiviral drugs could help us fight the new coronavirus, but currently, we don’t have a highly potent, effective antiviral that cures COVID-19. Why not? We called a few virologists to find out: https:/ / youtu.…
New guidelines for treating the sickest COVID-19 patients
UH College of Medicine doctor says recommendations can prevent medical resource shortages
New guidelines for treating the sickest COVID-19 patients
UH College of Medicine doctor says recommendations can prevent medical resource shortages
LSU Health study suggests nicotine exposure alone leads to pulmonary hypertension
New Orleans, LA – A study conducted by a team of researchers at LSU Health New Orleans has shown for the first time that chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone increases blood pressure (hypertension), in both the body’s general circulation…
NIH invests in rapid innovation and development for COVID-19 testing
UMass Medical School, UMass Lowell center to perform key role
£100k bid success means new Urgent & Emergency nursing course starts in 2021
A NEW course at the University of Huddersfield focuses on Urgent and Emergency care systems and will help ensure that NHS resources are used as efficiently and effectively as possible. The innovative Urgent and Emergency Care Nursing Associate Apprenticeship has…
Takeda/ACMG Foundation Next Generation Fellowship Award presented to Jasmine Knoll, M.D.
The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine presents a 2020 Takeda/ACMG Foundation Next Generation Fellowship Award to Jasmine Knoll, M.D.
Innovating the peer-review research process
Researchers find ways to modernize time-intensive process that plagues many academics
SCAI issues recommendations on adult congenital cardiac interventional training
WASHINGTON — The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released a position statement on adult congenital cardiac interventional training, competencies and organizational recommendations. The paper was published online in SCAI’s official journal Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions and addresses…
3D-printed swabs developed at UofL to help fill gap in COVID-19 test kits
Innovation at the University of Louisville involving multiple departments at the university has led to a promising solution for the shortage of swabs in COVID-19 test kits. In response to a request from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, UofL’s Additive Manufacturing…
The Cath Lab during COVID
Paper Published by Le Bonheur Children’s Physician in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Student led efforts can help make college campuses ‘safe and stigma free’ zones
Increasing evidence supports an association between participation in peer-to-peer led events and decreases in prejudice and discrimination around mental health
Students often do not question online information
CORA study examines students’ ability to critically assess information from the Internet and from social media
LSU Health New Orleans research shows how stress remodels the brain
New Orleans, LA — Research led by Si-Qiong June Liu, MD, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has shown how stress changes the structure of the brain and reveals a potential…
Coronavirus and MS reporting database announced by CMSC & National MS Society
The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers ( CMSC ) and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society have joined forces to create COViMS , a new North American database to capture COVID-19 infections in people with MS and related diseases. This joint…
Online rapid-response COVID-19 training to help health professionals diagnose lung disease
Health professionals will be able to quickly upgrade their skills to perform lung ultrasound scans to diagnose COVID-19 accurately and safely, with a new online course being made available free by the University of Melbourne.
Free virtual COVID-19 training for health care workers offered by IUPUI-led program
Indiana University researchers and clinicians are helping the state’s health care workforce respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing free virtual training focused on issues related to the novel coronavirus.
New treatment for childhood anxiety works by changing parent behavior
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that an entirely parent-based treatment, SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), is as efficacious as individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for the treatment of childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders.
New treatment for childhood anxiety works by changing parent behavior
Evidence from a randomized clinical trial shows parent-based treatment is as efficacious as cognitive-behavioral therapy in treating childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders
Springer Nature makes key textbooks freely accessible for educators, students & academics
A range of essential textbooks from all disciplines will be freely available to support higher education institutions worldwide
Visualization tool for illustration of critical care bed capacities
A team of computer scientists from the University of Konstanz develops online platform for the registration and enquiry of free critical care beds all over Germany
JONED, a new online free-access journal open in the field of neuroeducation
A new space for neuroscience and education
Most internists-in-training feel ill-equipped to treat obesity
Most resident physicians training in internal medicine do not feel adequately prepared to manage obesity in their patients, a new survey from a California residency program finds. The results were accepted for presentation at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, and will be published in a special supplemental section of the Journal of the Endocrine Society.
New world’s best practice for COVID 19 prevention and control
New recommendations for best practice for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings, to help stop the spread of COVID-19, have been developed by the University of Adelaide’s JBI, an international research organisation in the Faculty of Health and Medical…