The EMS education staff at Blue River Career Programs is proud to offer students the opportunity to explore career possibilities in a college-level course for emergency medical services. Emergency Medical Technician-Basic certification provides students with a solid medical knowledge which allows students to build careers in fire and ambulance services...
Physicians and other health professionals frequently overestimate and underestimate the harms and benefits of medical treatments, screenings and tests, according to a recently published systematic review of medical literature on the subject. Decision-support tools can help address knowledge gaps and inform patient-physician discussions. Researchers did a comprehensive search of four...
Today, Senator Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) filed legislation that would require Texas medical schools to do a better job of matching medical school graduates with an in-state, post-graduate medical residency program, also known as Graduate Medical Education (GME). SB 1066 will help ensure that the state has an adequate number of...
Perioperative nurses, responsible for the safety and comfort of patients before, during and after surgery, are the unsung heroes of the operating room. They must also supply surgeons with the right instruments at the right times throughout a procedure. Highly specialized, perioperative nurses are often assigned to a specific surgical...
As he outlined the expansion as something that would have an impact well beyond Gwinnett County, Wayne Sikes described the two significant additions to the campus as an offering to the people closest to the school. “All of this, and all of this to come, is a gift to the...
Joe Kiani likes to point out that the most worn spot on most medical monitoring devices is the mute button. He’s out to change that — and, he hopes, to stop the epidemic of preventable hospital death that kills tens of thousands of Americans each year. It’s not a glamorous...
The France Foundation, a leading medical education company, announced that it has received the 2017 Award for Outstanding Live Continuing Education (CE) Activity from the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEhp) for a program on Improving MDS Outcomes from Diagnosis to Treatment: A Multidisciplinary Approach, in collaboration...
Medical education is booming in Spokane. A new medical school by Washington State University — plus a dramatic expansion of a modest medical training program operated by the University of Washington — mean hundreds of future doctors will soon be training in the eastern Washington city. It's the culmination of...
Physicians should be well-versed in the herbal medications heart disease patients be taking to be able to effectively discuss their clinical implications, potential benefits and side effects – despite a lack of scientific evidence to support their use, according to a review paper published in the Journal of the American...
Suicide among medical students is a growing concern. At a hearing Wednesday, lawmakers heard how they can raise awareness. Lobbyists, medical students, and parents of a suicide victim all showed their support of a bill that would bring awareness to the suicide and depression issue plaguing medical students. Missouri House...