Avera Health established a scholarship fund for Native American Indians at The University of South Dakota (USD) Sanford School of Medicine that will provide educational opportunities for American Indian medical students. Recipients of these scholarships will be encouraged to provide care in under-served South Dakota areas. Bob Sutton, Avera Health President...
South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, New York received approval for a new Internal Medicine Residency Program from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) that will allow for the training of 30 internal medicine physicians. The new residency program is a step in South Nassau’s transformation to a...
Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) plans to open a new School of Medicine in Southern California that should help meet the demand for more primary care physicians in that area, according to the feasibility study by strategic consultant Tripp Umbach. The medical school plans to serve as a national model in preparing...
A new paper out of Rice University in Houston, Texas says, when implemented correctly, health care team training can reduce patient mortality by 13 percent. "Transforming Health Care One Team at a Time: Ten Observations and the Trail Ahead" outlines existing evidence and theory on the science behind developing health...
The University of Houston College of Medicine’s inaugural class of 30 students will not have to pay for their medical education, thanks to an anonymous $3 million gift to the school to fully fund the first class’ tuition when the school opens in 2020. The College of Medicine hopes at least...
CAE Healthcare released CAE Ares, an emergency care manikin to meet the life support training requirements of emergency care providers worldwide. CAE Ares made its first appearances on three continents in June, at the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) conference in Toronto, Canada; at the Human...
Medical professionals from National Defense Medical College, Japan, visited Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) for a tour of its medical spaces during a subject matter expert exchange with NMCSD staff. The National Defense Medical College (NDMC) is Japan’s six-year university-level military academy that trains current military doctors to become military...
While 30 states now allow the use of medical marijuana healthcare providers, researchers and industry professionals have few credible, evidence-based educational options to learn about the health benefits and risks of cannabis in appropriate clinical settings to treat chronic pain and other conditions such as multiple sclerosis spasticity or epileptic...
The Mayo Clinic J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Simulation Center at Mayo Clinic's Jacksonville, Florida campus earned accreditation in the area of teaching and education by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) in Washington, D.C. The center is one of only 100 in the world to be recognized...
The Johnson & Johnson Institute, a provider of professional education, launched a new global virtual reality (VR) training program for surgeons and nurses at several of its global locations. The program includes three VR training modules for orthopaedic surgery - Total Knee Replacement with Direct Anterior Approach and Hip Fracture...