High rates of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes across the country have led many to request a call-to-action from our nation's medical educators. According to StateofObesity.org, almost 38% of adults are obese and the CDC predicts that one-in-three adults will develop diabetes by 2050. Not only are these health...
Anyone who has ever attended formal schooling -- from middle school classes to advanced medical courses -- knows the struggle of paying attention during a prolonged lecture. For even some of the most avid learners and skilled notetakers, it can be challenging to keep a sustained focus on...
When exploring the history of of Emergency Medicine Residency Training, one word comes to mind - explosive! It’s almost unfathomable how far EM training has come in so little time - 65 years to be exact - and though it’s been a circumstantially fast-tracked journey, it’s...
What’s the difference between “health” and “medicine” - as in replacing medical humanities with health humanities? A recent urge by healthcare providers to change those words as modifiers has spurred a variety of responses, from charges of academic nitpicking to sheer bewilderment. Words definitely matter, although...
Guest contributor Justine Roberts, PA-C explains why she chose to pursue a business degree and how it has shaped and enhanced her skills in the field she loves: medicine. “I saw your ‘sheepskins’ out there in the waiting room…. What in the world possessed you to...
Did you know the average medical student spends an estimated 9,000 hours in lectures, clinicals, labs and direct patient care over the course of their education? That’s more hours than there are in a year! And it’s just one of the many fascinating, sometimes daunting,...
If you're human, then there is a pretty good chance that you're going to have some nerves during your medical school interviews! That is completely normal and expected, but fear not: this bridge has been crossed by many before you, including your interviewer. With this in mind,...
During the 80’s and 90’s, virtual reality (VR) was a common theme in entertainment. Movies like Tron and The Matrix, told fantastical tales of people getting sucked into computer worlds where they had to take down an evil villain within a virtual world. Although virtual...
In January 2014, University of South Florida (USF) officially opened The WELL, a new student services center for the schools at USF Health, a renovation of its old medical clinic. An acronym for The Wellness, Engagement, Leadership, and Learning Student Center, USF felt the chosen title...
Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet - these are all names of common opioid prescription painkillers. The use of opioids became popular in 1806 when German chemist, Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner, created morphine. Another well-known opioid is heroin. When heroin was first developed, it was marketed as a...
