Rutgers University alumni are leading a transformative movement in improving bystander emergency response times by equipping the public with life-saving skills through their nonprofit organization, MedicZero.
Tag: Medical Students
Medical Students Explore a Future in Research Through the Summer Oncology Research Fellowship Program
For many students, summer break represents an opportunity for relaxation and carefree vacations. But for the medical students taking part in the USC/CHLA Summer Oncology Research Fellowship (SORF) Program, summer means something more
Rutgers Medical Students Help Hospital Patients Look and Feel Their Best
When you’re ill and hospitalized, it’s not easy to keep up with basic daily grooming — especially if your hospital stay is long and drawn out. Not looking clean and neat may affect your mood, your happiness (or lack thereof), and even your outlook on life.
National Academy of Medicine Selects FAU for Substance Use, Opioid Crises Collaborative
FAU joins the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Combating Opioid Crises. This pilot project, involving more 80 organizations, aims to enhance coordination and address addiction challenges through collaboration among public, private and nonprofit sectors.
Explore, Serve and Learn: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Students Work with Newark Community to Improve Health Care in City
For over a half-century, medical students at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School have been helping the citizens of Newark improve their health and quality of life. Recently, the medical school opened its doors to the community it serves for an exchange of ideas to take this service to the next level.
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Students Tune into the Power of Music
The Vocal Chords: Jazz Ensemble and A Capella Group at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Bridge Medicine and Music, Offering Comfort and Connection
Match Day Makes Dreams Come True at Texas Tech Health El Paso
Match Day is an exciting milestone for graduating medical students and their families nationwide. It comes after students have spent the past six months applying to residencies, interviewing and deciding the order in which to rank programs they hope to be matched to.
Match Day magic: UTSW students earn top residency spots
Future physicians persevere through pandemic to reach milestone moment
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.
Rutgers, RWJUH Cardiology Leader to Receive ACC’s Gifted Educator Award
Dr. Partho P. Sengupta, chief of cardiology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health Facility, has been selected by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) as its 2023 Gifted Educator Award honoree.
FAU Receives $28 Million Scholarship Gift to Support Medical Education
FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine received an estate pledge of $28 million from John and Ann Wood to support scholarships for medical students. This is the largest scholarship gift in FAU’s history and the largest known scholarship gift to a Florida public university’s medical school.
Affirmative action bans had ‘devastating impact’ on diversity in medical schools, UCLA-led study finds
In states with bans on affirmative action programs, the proportion of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups in U.S. public medical schools fell by more than one-third by five years after those bans went into effect.
TTUHSC Medical Students Educate about COVID-19 Vaccination Misconceptions with Outreach to Hispanic Communities
Student members of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) answered questions and myths about the COVID-19 vaccine for the Hispanic community.
Not Even a Pandemic Could Stop Future FAU Physicians from ‘Matching’
FAU’s soon-to-be physicians learned today where they will be going for their next phase of training – medical residency. They are one step closer to becoming board certified physicians and helping the U.S. to bolster its physician workforce following a challenging year.
Baylor Scott & White Health announces new affiliations with Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A&M University to further expand the pipeline of exceptional clinical talent for Texas
Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, today announces two separate academic affiliations: a new affiliation with Baylor College of Medicine and an expanded affiliation with their long-time partner Texas A&M University. Both alliances are aimed at training future clinicians and developing programs that advance high-quality care and healthcare innovation.
“Prescribing Art” course teaches med students to recognize bias and better address racial disparities
Can art help doctors better understand their patients and address racial disparities? An innovative collaboration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham uses art to help medical students hone their observational skills, in order to make more accurate diagnoses. “Prescribing Art: How Observation Enhances Medicine” is a partnership between the School of Medicine, the Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Holds Early Graduation to Help Confront COVID-19 Pandemic
Answering the call for additional medical workers to join the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, today more than 100 medical students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine graduated a month early. Many of will immediately join the staff of hospitals in New York City.