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Staff of the Colonial War Memorial Hospital are better equipped to handle the 100 daily emergency cases they receive after receiving training on emergency life support and serious illnesses. Hospital staff were part of a group of 57 medical professionals from around Fiji who received training from an emergency life... 23 March 2017
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (AFNS) -- The St. Louis Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills is leading the way in innovative trauma training with its recent implementation of the first-ever Athena simulator to be utilized in the Defense Department. The simulator has female features and offers advanced... 22 March 2017
On Feb. 15 officials with State Fair Community College and Bothwell Regional Health Center signed an agreement to partner on a simulation collaboration project that will enhance nursing education and nursing practices for both organizations. In June 2016, representatives from SFCC and BRHC began to develop the simulation collaboration idea... 22 March 2017
From Quinnipiac University The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University has been awarded full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting body for programs leading to the MD degree in the United States. LCME is jointly sponsored by the... 22 March 2017
We’ve all seen the gore of war played out on the screen, but seeing and dealing with it in real life is another story entirely. A small group of reporters got as close a look as possible to the real thing this week at the University of Washington’s WWAMI Institute... 21 March 2017
A symposium sponsored by UB DoctHERS, a networking group whose goal is advancing women in medical or scientific education and careers, is being held Saturday morning. The event is sponsored by UB DoctHERS, a networking group whose goal is to advance women in medical education, medicine and science. The symposium will feature Roswell Park Cancer Institute CEO Candace... 21 March 2017
Mohawk Ambulance Service recently hired eight EMTs who completed their free five-month training program. The five-month course, which is administered twice annually, is free of charge to applicants, making it possible for a candidate to become certified without having to make a $1,000 personal investment. Traditional EMT training programs can... 21 March 2017
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) are uniting to advance common goals and accelerate progress in patient and workforce safety. Saying that patient safety is a public health issue in need of fresh, robust approaches and constant focus for health care systems today,... 17 March 2017
A new medical school building that houses smart classrooms and learning facilities modelled after clinical environments was unveiled at the Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine on Thursday (Mar 2). The 20-storey Clinical Sciences Building, located at the varsity's Novena campus, is designed to integrate a... 17 March 2017
Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS) and Conquer Mobile are collaborating on medical education technology that will reduce injury mortality rates in Africa by teaching surgical skills to African healthcare workers. Using mobile skills training, CNIS will scale up training by a factor of 10, with a goal of training... 15 March 2017
A generation after the modern invention of minimally invasive surgery, one of its inventors, Dr. Liselotte Mettler, tells what building a medical career was like for women when she started practice – and her memoir is co-authored with her husband’s point of view on marriage and family. The dual-memoir, Lovers... 15 March 2017
Western science and Indigenous science are two very different methods of studying human health and the natural world. But as Canada continues its reconciliation process with Indigenous communities, a professor at the University of Calgary says the two perspectives are converging. "We're seeing, increasingly, respect and acknowledgment and partnership between... 15 March 2017
Physicians across many specialties are treating trafficked persons in their practice. Yet, they are not trained to recognize human trafficking or know how to intervene. Studies have shown that 88 percent of US-born sex trafficking victims reported receiving medical care while being trafficked. This puts health care providers in a key position with... 14 March 2017
Snapping at medical staff may cause bigger problems than patients realize, especially when it comes to the quality of care their children receive. Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that rude parents in the neonatal intensive care unit create a wider margin for medical error and misdiagnosis. Insensitive comments also lower effective... 13 March 2017
A research team, led by the University of Minnesota, has discovered a groundbreaking process to successfully rewarm large-scale animal heart valves and blood vessels preserved at very low temperatures. The discovery is a major step forward in saving millions of human lives by increasing the availability of organs and tissues... 13 March 2017
Washington’s two research universities are once again asking lawmakers for extra money for both of their medical-school programs in Spokane. But the frosty relationship between the University of Washington and Washington State University over medical-school funding seems to be a thing of the past. “Finally, we see this as behind... 13 March 2017
A large proportion of medical students own smartphones and consequently, instant messaging applications have become a favored method of communication as opposed to e-mailing. Interestingly, past research has conveyed that the inclusion of mobile applications within dental and medical educational programs raised participation rates among students, improved communication between tutors... 10 March 2017
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 28. In 2014, a few years after I was given the all-clear, I made the decision to become a doctor. One of my reasons for taking up medicine was to learn more about cancer, and to use that knowledge and... 10 March 2017
Within a few months of arriving at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, a medical student may have already saved someone’s life. That’s because Greenville medical students spend their first seven weeks training to become certified emergency medical technicians (EMTs). After receiving EMT certification, students work one... 9 March 2017
Journal of the American College of Surgeons study authors report that, after implementation of the publicly funded state trauma system, preventable mortality rate decreased by 48 percent CHICAGO (March 8, 2017): Implementation of a statewide trauma system in Arkansas cut the rate of preventable deaths due to injuries nearly in... 9 March 2017