Technology offers a way to connect, communicate, and learn more quickly than past practices. As the years move on, we see an increased use of technology at medical schools and in medical practices. This increased use of technology in medicine makes it important for prospective...
Yay, hooray! Your loved one is coming home from the hospital! As excited as you may be, you might also feel a bit overwhelmed. With insurance companies trying to cut costs and hospitals dealing with overpopulation issues, patients are going home sooner and sooner after...
With medicine becoming a more collaborative, interprofessional discipline, it’s no surprise that the medical schools of the future are following suit. The University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) opened the doors to its new building this summer. Believing they...
Teamwork. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition is: work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole. ...
Over the past decades, nursing has become a booming career - there are more than 3.1 million registered nurses in the U.S. alone. The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 16% growth in employment of registered nurses over the next 12 years,...
A residency is a postgraduate training program which allows the resident to perform as a licensed practitioner while under the supervision of an experienced teacher. Usually thought of as the domain of physicians and pharmacists, residencies for nurse practitioners are starting to trend. Although they...
A report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute showed that the likelihood of a woman receiving radiation therapy after a lumpectomy increased when she had a female surgeon, even though radiation is considered a standard of quality care and shown to reduce...
Medical school can be stressful and intimidating, but it can also be fun, right?! Here’s 29 more med school Tweets to get you laughing. See our last post of the "20 Funniest Tweets About Medical School". 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. ...
Medical school is stressful, overwhelming, and involves copious amounts of studying. But most of all, it is rewarding. Here are 6 tips for getting through medical school happy, healthy, and sane. Congratulate yourself on how far you’ve come, and continue to do your best to be...
Social media is both a bane and a boon in this modern day world. With people constantly taking pictures and posting on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, one has to wonder if anything is ever truly private anymore. What's more, the social media mania means everyone is...
