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As 2017 begins, around 81 percent of Americans live in urban areas, up from 79 percent in 2000. At the same time, urban and suburban areas where vacant land exists (so, not you, San Francisco) have been expanding, redefining what used to be rural. With this demographic shift comes a... 20 January 2017
The Roanoke Valley Regional Fire & EMS Academy #20 consisting of 23 personnel representing the Cities of Roanoke and Salem, and Roanoke County graduated on December 15 at the Berglund Center, Performing Arts Theatre. Each recruit was called to the stage and pinned with their official firefighter badge as their... 19 January 2017
If an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) needs a medical tool, such as a surgical instrument or a finger splint, they normally have to wait for a resupply mission. But that is about to change this month, when NASA astronauts will use a 3D printer aboard the ISS... 19 January 2017
The American Academy of Pediatrics and Kognito launched Artificial Perfection: Talking to Teens about Performance Enhancement – a free, role-play simulation designed to prepare pediatricians and other child health professionals to lead real-life conversation with teens about appearance and performance-enhancing substances. The use of appearance and performance-enhancing substances among youth... 19 January 2017
SOMERSWORTH - He has been a nurse, an EMT, a police officer, a state trooper and a member of the governor's security detail. Now as the deputy chief and operations manager for American Ambulance, John Cody is using some of the skills he has in new and different ways. Paul... 18 January 2017
The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Modeling and Simulation and Virtual Humans and Synthetic Societies Lab are developing an emotive “Virtual Reality Patient,”, in conjunction with Southwestern Medical Foundation, that medical students will be able to use to improve their patient communication skills – and the Virtual Reality... 18 January 2017
Touch Surgery and DAQRI launched new surgical training capabilities that let people perform next to ‘real-life’ surgical procedures. The development brings Augmented Reality (AR) into the operating room, letting surgeons practice in a virtual OR on a virtual patient. “Surgeons no longer need to refer to outdated books or medical... 17 January 2017
eNewsChannels NEWS: LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Everest Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3), has made it its core passion to help the Graduate Medical Education community. The foundation is renowned in circles of Medical Schools, Universities and Residency Programs. The foundation, in part, assists with funding of research, personnel, edu-initiatives, and... 17 January 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- For more than a century, going to medical school has meant basically the same thing across the country: four years of learning about human anatomy and physiology, and how to diagnose and treat the diseases that afflict us. Every med student got roughly the same education,... 17 January 2017
57% of U.S. Pharma Medical Education Teams Support Products Across Multiple Therapeutic Areas RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC--(Marketwired - December 27, 2016) - New analysis of more than a dozen life sciences medical education teams partially attributes poor performance to strategic misalignment of educational and external facing medical groups' – such as... 16 January 2017
RIYADH — Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services (PSCEMS) at King Saud University has received accreditation for pre-hospital trauma life support (PHTLS) and advanced medical life support (AMLS) training from the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, a nonprofit organization based in in Clinton, Mississippi, US. PSCEMS... 16 January 2017
Most physicians are familiar with the necessity of Continuing Medical Education (CPE), although many ignore the impact of education on the medical practice’s employees -- one of the major assets of any practice. Fortunately, the cost of continuing education, as well as training and educating the practice’s employees can often... 13 January 2017
Attrition rates in general surgery programs remain high, with many would-be surgeons switching to another program or specialty, according to a meta-analysis in JAMA Surgery. Reviewing 22 studies on residents from general surgery programs, the authors concluded that overall attrition prevalence among residents was 18% (95% CI 14%-21%), reported Mohammed... 12 January 2017
Physician's Weekly, a point-of-care company that provides continuing medical education services to physicians, has launched its first CME course using Facebook Live. Physicians like to consume information on sites such as Facebook, which are already part of their daily lives, said Ezra Ernst, CEO of Physician's Weekly. With that idea in mind,... 12 January 2017
DEERFIELD & CHICAGO, Ill. – Dec. 20, 2016 – As Walgreens focuses on new ways to help support the development of next-generation healthcare technology, products and services, today the company joins Chicago-based healthcare incubator and innovation community, MATTER, in announcing a new strategic relationship. Walgreens will collaborate with healthcare innovators across... 11 January 2017
CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (Bronx-Lebanon) have signed a 10-year affiliation agreement to enable AUC medical students to complete clinical training in the hospital. This agreement builds on a six-year collaboration that has enabled more than 1,000 AUC students... 11 January 2017
A medical school partnership between the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, The Medical Center and Western Kentucky University has the potential to positively affect everything from the local economy to patient care in Bowling Green. UK announced in February it would expand its medical school through a partnership with... 10 January 2017
JANESVILLE — The alarm sounds. A man has been stabbed in the nursing home and is bleeding to death. Fortunately, help is on the way. An ambulance arrives, the gurney is wheeled in and the suffering man is stabilized. Did emergency medical technicians save the man? No, they were students... 10 January 2017
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became a reality Sunday, according to information released by Geisinger. The Danville-based health system announced in September it had acquired Scranton-based The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC), pending regulatory approvals from local, state and accrediting agencies. Those approvals were met and the legal integration went into effect Jan. 9 January 2017
Thomas Jefferson University’s Institute of Emerging Health Professions received a $3 million gift from Australian philanthropists, Barry and Joy Lambert, to support its Center for Medical Cannabis Education and Research. The center will be renamed The Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp at Thomas Jefferson University... 5 January 2017