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....
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...
The study time and schoolwork that goes into prospective students becoming medical professionals is no joke. And while no patient wants to be taken care of by a doctor or nurse whose human anatomy knowledge is only subpar, or doesn’t know what’s in the medication...
With society becoming increasing more accepting of transgender people, a growing number of physicians are finding they are unsure of how to treat these members of society with sensitivity. Besides doctors, there is also a lack of understanding amongst support staff in medical practices on...
With expanding technologies and the digitalization of information storage, modern industries and fields of research, from science to economics, now find more and more use for digital data visualization. Data visualization is the visual representation of abstract data, usually through graphs and charts, that can be...
The new curriculum at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, launched four years ago, has provided the Class of 2016 with earlier patient interactions, more team-based learning and an additional focus on professional development. Fourth-year medical students completed a new two-week capstone course, revisiting concepts...
Two graduating McMaster University students have forever changed the relationship between inter-city patients and their doctors in the community. The Hamilton Spectator's "Code Red" series chronicles the serious problem of healthcare disparities within the Canadian Hamilton community, and students Avi Sarker and Kevin Singh decided it...
A study conducted for the AAMC expects shortages of between 12,500 and 31,100 primary care physicians, and 28,200 and 63,700 non-primary care physicians by 2015. To begin addressing the increasing demand for physicians, new types of medical schools are being conceptualized across the nation. The new...
Empathy is the cornerstone of compassionate and effective patient care, though the concept is more often seen as an abstract ideal rather than as a definitive principle of patient-physician interaction. This topic is frequently at the center of discussions surrounding medical ethics, as it is an...
