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AMA Welcomes Government Action On Medical Training, Australia

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AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA welcomes the Government's decision to accept the major recommendations arising from the Review of the Medical Training Review Panel (MTRP). Dr Pesce said the medical profession is pleased that the MTRP will have an ongoing expanded role in med ...

read more AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA welcomes the Government's decision to accept the major recommendations arising from the Review of the Medical Training Review Panel (MTRP). Dr Pesce said the medical profession is pleased that the MTRP will have an ongoing expanded role in med read more Fri Mar 2010

Doctors Need More Training To Manage Consultations With Abusive Patients Says Medical Defence Union, UK

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Doctors are vulnerable to aggressive, demanding, abusive or even violent patients and feel ill-equipped to manage such consultations, according to an MDU survey. Of 172 GPs and hospital doctors who responded to the survey, over half (99) said they had been physically or verbally assaulted in the la ...

read more Doctors are vulnerable to aggressive, demanding, abusive or even violent patients and feel ill-equipped to manage such consultations, according to an MDU survey. Of 172 GPs and hospital doctors who responded to the survey, over half (99) said they had been physically or verbally assaulted in the la read more Fri Mar 2010

Even With New Medical Schools Opening, Shortages Mar Workforce

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Nearly two dozen medical schools have recently opened or may open across America, "the most at any time since the 1960s and '70s," The New York Times reports. These new institutions "are seeking to address an imbalance in American medicine that has been growing for a quarter century... ...

read more Nearly two dozen medical schools have recently opened or may open across America, read more Fri Mar 2010

Obama Administration Announces $1 Billion In New Health IT Grants

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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Friday announced the release of $1 billion in stimulus funds to expand the use of electronic records and to train health care workers. Various local news outlets reported on the grants: KHI (Kansas) News Service: "Fe ...

read more HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Friday announced the release of $1 billion in stimulus funds to expand the use of electronic records and to train health care workers. Various local news outlets reported on the grants: KHI (Kansas) News Service: read more Fri Mar 2010

Medical Training Program Reduces Stillbirths In Rural Areas Of Developing Countries, Study Finds

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Training medical workers in how to help newborns start breathing, as well as how to clean infants and keep them warm, decreased the rate of stillbirths in low-income, rural parts of six developing countries by one-third, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports... ...

read more Training medical workers in how to help newborns start breathing, as well as how to clean infants and keep them warm, decreased the rate of stillbirths in low-income, rural parts of six developing countries by one-third, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports... read more Fri Mar 2010

Improving Medical Students' Wellbeing - New Zealand Medical Students' Association Comment

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Medical students have been shown to experience poor levels of wellbeing compared with their peers. Rates of stress, depression and mental health issues are too high. "This is a really important area that we are determined to improve... ...

read more Medical students have been shown to experience poor levels of wellbeing compared with their peers. Rates of stress, depression and mental health issues are too high. read more Fri Mar 2010

Newborn-Care Training In Developing Countries Results In Dramatic Drop In Stillbirths

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The rate of stillbirths in rural areas of six developing countries fell more than 30 percent following a basic training program in newborn care for birth attendants, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The study tracked more tha ...

read more The rate of stillbirths in rural areas of six developing countries fell more than 30 percent following a basic training program in newborn care for birth attendants, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The study tracked more tha read more Fri Mar 2010

Effective Education About Seniors' Health Care Needs To Be The Focus Of Meeting

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The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) - the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America - will hold its 36th Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference from March 4 to 7, 2010, at The Peppermill in Reno, NV... ...

read more The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) - the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America - will hold its 36th Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference from March 4 to 7, 2010, at The Peppermill in Reno, NV... read more Fri Mar 2010

Rockefeller Foundation Supports Expansion, Training Of e-Health Work Force In Developing World

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The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded a $630,100 project support grant to the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) to support the initial implementation this year of a global e-Health training program in sub-Saharan Africa designed for primary care providers, technical staff and health p ...

read more The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded a $630,100 project support grant to the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) to support the initial implementation this year of a global e-Health training program in sub-Saharan Africa designed for primary care providers, technical staff and health p read more Fri Mar 2010

School Of Health Professions Health Literacy Certificate Will Be Available This Fall

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The cost of low health literacy - the difference between patients' abilities to understand health information and providers' abilities to effectively communicate complex medical information - is $106 billion to $238 billion annually, according to Pfizer, a leading biopharmaceutical company... ...

read more The cost of low health literacy - the difference between patients' abilities to understand health information and providers' abilities to effectively communicate complex medical information - is $106 billion to $238 billion annually, according to Pfizer, a leading biopharmaceutical company... read more Fri Mar 2010

As Health Care Reform Approaches Many Questions Remain Unanswered

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Arthur Feldman, M.D., Ph.D, Magee Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, has written a new book, Pursuing Excellence In Healthcare: Preserving America's Academic Medical Centers, one of the first textbooks since the works of Abraham Flexnor in 1910 to take a com ...

read more Arthur Feldman, M.D., Ph.D, Magee Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, has written a new book, Pursuing Excellence In Healthcare: Preserving America's Academic Medical Centers, one of the first textbooks since the works of Abraham Flexnor in 1910 to take a com read more Fri Mar 2010

Singularity University Announces 2010 Graduate Summer Program

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Singularity University (SU) -- the academic institution with the goal of preparing the next generation of leaders to address "humanity's grand challenges" -- announced the dates for the second year of its Graduate Studies Program (GSP), and a 200% class size increase to accommodate 80 of the top st ...

read more Singularity University (SU) -- the academic institution with the goal of preparing the next generation of leaders to address read more Fri Mar 2010

Loyola Among World's Top Centers In Pathology Competition

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Loyola University Medical Center ranked among the top hospitals in the world in a recent research competition for pathologists in training. Loyola was tied for the top nine programs in the number of scientific studies accepted in the Stowell-Orbison Awards competition sponsored by the United States ...

read more Loyola University Medical Center ranked among the top hospitals in the world in a recent research competition for pathologists in training. Loyola was tied for the top nine programs in the number of scientific studies accepted in the Stowell-Orbison Awards competition sponsored by the United States read more Fri Mar 2010

Panel Challenges Colleges And Universities To Improve Science Education For Future Doctors

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Colleges and universities should seize the opportunity to make premedical and medical education more interactive and interdisciplinary, says Peter J. Bruns, vice president for grants and special programs at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)... ...

read more Colleges and universities should seize the opportunity to make premedical and medical education more interactive and interdisciplinary, says Peter J. Bruns, vice president for grants and special programs at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)... read more Fri Mar 2010

UMDNJ's Health Information Management Program Trains Students For Careers In Fast Growing Field

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According to the U.S. Labor Department, employment opportunities for health information and medical records professionals are expected to increase by twenty percent in the next eight years -- far outpacing the growth rate of other occupations... ...

read more According to the U.S. Labor Department, employment opportunities for health information and medical records professionals are expected to increase by twenty percent in the next eight years -- far outpacing the growth rate of other occupations... read more Fri Mar 2010

Training Courses In March - MIND, UK

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Are you or your staff in contact with people who have suffered mental distress? Have you identified a need to enhance knowledge and understanding of the issues? Despite the increasing numbers of individuals suffering mental ill health there is still a significant amount of stigma around seeking hel ...

read more Are you or your staff in contact with people who have suffered mental distress? Have you identified a need to enhance knowledge and understanding of the issues? Despite the increasing numbers of individuals suffering mental ill health there is still a significant amount of stigma around seeking hel read more Fri Mar 2010

New AAMC Report Highlights How ARRA Funds Are Fueling New Research And Driving Economic Growth Over The Last Year

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A new report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) details how the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals are advancing science and stimulating economic growth one year after passage of an additional $10 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH ...

read more A new report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) details how the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals are advancing science and stimulating economic growth one year after passage of an additional $10 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH read more Fri Mar 2010

AspiringDocs.org Video Contest Winners Passionate About Overcoming Cultural Barriers In Medicine

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The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) today announced the 10 winners of the second AspiringDocs.orgVideo Contest. As part of the AAMC's AspiringDocs.org campaign-a Web site and outreach effort to encourage diversity in the medical field-college students from across the country were as ...

read more The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) today announced the 10 winners of the second AspiringDocs.orgVideo Contest. As part of the AAMC's AspiringDocs.org campaign-a Web site and outreach effort to encourage diversity in the medical field-college students from across the country were as read more Fri Mar 2010

Online Genomics Center For Educators Of Nurses, Physician Assistants

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An online tool to help educators teach the next generation of nurses and physician assistants about genetics and genomics has been launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health... ...

read more An online tool to help educators teach the next generation of nurses and physician assistants about genetics and genomics has been launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health... read more Fri Mar 2010

"Flight Simulator" For Robotic Surgery

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A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has produced one of the world's first simulators that closely approximates the "touch and feel" of the da Vinci™ robotic surgical syste ...

read more A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has produced one of the world's first simulators that closely approximates the read more Fri Mar 2010

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