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NuVasive, a medical device company that focuses on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally integrated solutions, launched its RELINE® Trauma portfolio, a new trauma system that supports surgeons in the increasing transition from open to MAS spine procedures. The company says RELINE Trauma is the first system to give... 24 April 2017
The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Regenstrief Institute launched a new tool to help make sure medical students and trainees get real-world experience using electronic health records (EHR) during their training. Because the majority of today’s physicians graduate from medical school without comprehensive HER training, the Indiana University School... 21 April 2017
Last October, the Medical University of South Carolina began its 13th year of the Senior Mentor Program, in which the 180 members of the College of Medicine Class of 2020 were introduced to their 90 Senior Mentors. Dr. Heather Boger, PhD who is the director of the College of Medicine... 20 April 2017
Stanford Medicine X | ED, an academic conference on the future of medical education, will be held April 22-23 at the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In its inaugural year as a stand-alone conference, the event will focus on how to... 20 April 2017
The Montana Family Medicine Residency program is unique. Started in 1995 and designed to train and place more family medicine practitioners across the state, the residency program is sponsored by RiverStone Health, St. Vincent Healthcare and Billings Clinic and housed at RiverStone. "It's unique that it's housed in a... 20 April 2017
She was just 15 when it happened. She started having trouble breathing when she ran cross-country, and she felt intense itching on her body, especially her lower limbs. She would stay up all night because of it, but she wasn't really worried, just annoyed. After visits to different skin doctors, an... 19 April 2017
Surrounded by silicone livers, a 3D-printed rib cage, and a prosthetic arm covered in third-degree burns lies Frank, a prototype of the world’s most advanced manikin for medical simulations. Fresh off a nationwide tour to train combat medics how to respond to roadside bombs, his right leg is a mangled mess of... 19 April 2017
Diana Huang entered medical school ready to work hard to realize her ambition of becoming a primary care doctor. What she wasn’t prepared for was the tepid support she has gotten from some classmates and faculty regarding her chosen specialty. “I definitely got messages along the way where I could... 19 April 2017
It looks and feels like a real person. It can cough, has a gag reflex and will even cry “ouch!” if handled roughly. Meet mikoto, a next-generation medical simulation robot developed for students, young doctors and emergency care workers so they can get hands-on training without the risk of harming... 18 April 2017
SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino County Supervisors on Tuesday approved, without discussion, a $10 million, five-year agreement to support the effort for a new medical school in Colton. The California University of Science and Medicine’s School of Medicine is expected to open in summer 2018 inside temporary headquarters in San Bernardino... 18 April 2017
El Paso Community College (EPCC) Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Paramedic students have a new tool for “real-life” training. As part of a $123,000 grant from the Texas Association of Community Colleges– Texas Success Center, EPCC has installed a $40,000 state-of- the-art Ambulance Simulator in its classrooms at the Mission... 14 April 2017
In the first six months of 2016, Pennsylvania hospitals reported 889 medication errors or close calls that were attributed, at least in part, to electronic health records and other technology used to monitor and record patients’ treatment. A majority of the errors pertained to dosages — either missed dosages or... 14 April 2017
UC San Francisco is part of a patient safety research group that received the prestigious 2016 John M. Eisenberg Award for Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality. The award is presented annually by The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum, two leading organizations that set standards in patient care. 14 April 2017
The Dell Medical School partnered with the Blanton Museum of Art to teach medical students empathy through art. Faculty members at Dell Medical collaborated with Ray Williams, the Blanton’s director of education and academic affairs, to create three two-hour experiences to teach medical students empathy, observational skills and self-care. During... 13 April 2017
Telemedicine is forever changing the future of healthcare. In rural South Dakota, and all over our region, Avera eCARE is making it possible for emergency department physicians to be virtually bedside from hundreds or even thousands of miles away – to help rural providers with anything from small lacerations to... 13 April 2017
The School of Medicine is launching a new Health Sciences Education (HSE) program this fall. Designed to give doctors, nurses, dentists, and other health care professionals the skills they need to become more effective teachers, the program is offered through the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences in collaboration with the... 12 April 2017
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... 11 April 2017
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... 11 April 2017
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... 10 April 2017
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... 10 April 2017