Written by Judith Riess, MTM editor-in-chief In May of 2019, the 72nd World Health Assembly was held in Geneva, Switzerland, by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Written by Judith Riess, MTM editor-in-chief Big Data and AI will significantly change the face of healthcare around the world. With these tools healthcare providers will be able to more rapidly and more accurately diagnose and treat patients and avoid unnecessary surgeries and drugs. These tools will also relieve some...

Modern medicine is always evolving. There is new research being conducted and new methods of treatment being formulated every year, which means what worked in the past isn’t always the best method of doing something in the future.

Patient Care and Patient Safety are Top Priorities for General Surgery Residents Who Choose to Work Additional Hours Under Flexible Schedules FIRST Trial survey results find that many residents selectively work more hours to facilitate care transitions, stabilize critically ill patients, and other important reasons.  CHICAGO (November 21, 2016):  U.S.

by Judith Riess, Editor of Medical Training Magazine In a very interesting study conducted by Michael A. Palese, M.D., Chairman of Urology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, he found that robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) has made its way to every surgical field. Studies have shown...

This year Healthcare Simulation South Carolina (HSSC) held their annual meeting in conjunction with the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s, (SSIH) regional Sim Ops meeting at the Greenville Healthcare Simulation Center on July 21-22, 2016. Healthcare Simulation South Carolina is a collaborative of healthcare simulation centers throughout South Carolina and is...

by Judith Riess, Editor of Medical Training Magazine It was my privilege to have a tour of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. Dr. Jerry Youkey, Dean, and USC Associate Provost of Health Sciences and Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs kindly briefed me on the school’s...

The Patient Safety Movement mid year planning meeting was held on June 10, 2016 at Fairfax Inova Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. Joe Kiani, founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, welcomed all to the meeting and reiterated the objectives and goals of the movement and what we were to...