In recent years, the healthcare system in the United States has undergone sweeping changes as new rules and regulations are shifting towards value-based care models instead of traditional fee-for-service models. Along with practicing physicians, medical schools in the country must also adapt to these changes....
Many medical schools in America are emphasizing preventive care with the hope that students will understand its value early in their careers. The idea they are trying to drive home is that a relatively minor medical condition, if left undiagnosed or untreated, can fester and...
Some medical schools in the country have partnered with the American Medical Association to provide their students with hands-on experience in the practice of medicine and caring for some of the nation's must vulnerable and medically underserved communities. The Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium...
A physician professor at Penn State College of Medicine has devised a creative method of using comic books to teach med school students. Michael Green, MD, an internist, bioethicist and the vice chair of the department of humanities and director of the program in bioethics at...
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...
The Mayo Clinic and the Arizona State University have collaborated for more than a decade on various projects including nursing education, dual degree programs, joint research, intellectual property disclosures, and faculty appointments. Now, the two institutions have teamed up once again to offer a new...
Through an extensive renovation, Illinois Wesleyan University has aligned the physical space of its School of Nursing with the growing need of laboratory and simulation learning for the training of nursing students. The century-old Stevenson Hall was transformed into a facility with a layout that closely...
With Poland’s legislature’s recently proposed, near-total ban on abortion, along with the September 24 pro-choice marches decrying Ireland’s strict abortion laws that took place in a number of cities worldwide, reproductive rights and access to abortion are currently stirring immense debate and rightfully earning recognition...
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. ...
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...
