A new type of energy drink is taking energy boosting far beyond caffeine or other typical carb and sugar loaded products to fuel athletes for longer sustainable during exercise. A team of researchers led by Pete J. Cox of the University of Oxford in the UK, took a...
As simulation continues to voraciously permeate the medical educational landscape, nursing students have been starting to benefit from the innovative learning stratosphere it provides. The methodologies traditionally used in nursing school has begun to shift from textbooks, lecture halls, heavily highlighted class notes, to a modern nursing classroom,...
I vividly remember the first time I went camping. After pitching our tent, checking out the nearby Columbia River, and toasting a few marshmallows on the fire, I wandered aways into the forest, and looked up for the first time. I saw the sky as I...
The first two years of medical school curriculum consists of a lot of basic science and medical knowledge before clinical training begins. However, during medical school, most medical students learn almost nothing about the tedious details and inner-workings of the health care system they are...
Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person. While many advancements in precision medicine have been made, the practice is not currently in use for most diseases. By using big...
Winners were announced recently at the first meeting of the newly expanded AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, which includes participants from 32 of the nation’s medical schools. From physician burnout to data sharing, ambitions of winning this year’s AMA’s Medical Education Innovation Challenge...
