Gov. Christie wants more doctors in New Jersey, and he’s budgeted money to train them. But increasing the number of medical professionals — and getting them to stay in New Jersey — isn’t as easy as graduating more students. The calculation also includes the number of postgraduate residencies offered in...
HONOLULU -- Technological advancements have improved health care for years and the military Simulation (SIM) centers have strived to be at the forefront of that advance. That is why Tripler Army Medical Center recently received an upgrade to its SIM center by moving into its new facilities. This move quadrupled...
The next generation of physicians was raised with information at their fingertips, yet studying medicine in the age of Google Search comes with its own set of unique challenges. To uncover how the habits, preferences and tendencies of medical and pre-medical students were shaped by growing up in the digital...
The nation’s largest association of physicians is the latest group to come out against a bill at the center of Florida’s so-called “Eyeball Wars” between ophthalmologists and optometrists. On Thursday, American Medical Association President and CEO James Madara sent a letter to House Health & Human Services Committee chair Travis Cummings, in which he called...
Newswise — Charting new territory in online medical education, Harvard Medical School has launched for the first time an online program for aspiring clinicians as well as the general public. The certificate program, called HMX Fundamentals, offers coursework in four foundational subjects: physiology, immunology, genetics and biochemistry. Offering wider access...
ATHMANDU, Nepal -- When Subhash Dhungel's father passed out, the panicked road engineer called for an ambulance. To the Nepali man's horror, the vehicle arrived without a trained medical technician to help his unconscious father as they drove to a Kathmandu hospital. It wasn't an isolated case. Nepal is woefully...
Students at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, are gaining access to a new educational resource called Radiology-TEACHES (Technology Enhanced Appropriateness Criteria Home for Education Simulation), which aims to give students more in-depth knowledge about medical imaging tests by using ACR's Radiology Case Management System (RCMS) integrated with the...
South Florida–based Continuing Medical Education company, Empire Medical Training, is proud to announce the introduction of virtual memberships. Members can now go through training remotely with this convenient option. A leading continuing medical education institution, Empire Medical Training announces its latest offering, virtual memberships. These virtual memberships join its roster...
The Navy’s largest rating will soon see the most significant training changes since the Hospital Corps “A” School’s 2011 move from Great Lakes, Illinois, to San Antonio, Texas, Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, the Navy surgeon general, announced during congressional testimony March 29. Faison spoke before the Senate Appropriations Committee Defense...
Stanford Medicine’s Center for Continuing Medical Education is launching a series of free webinars on hot topics in medicine, featuring Stanford experts who will provide guidance to physicians and other health professionals on controversial and challenging issues they may face in their practices. The first webinar, to be offered May...