Clerkship Directors are encouraged to try a new version of the AAN’s popular online self-assessment examination for medical students on a FREE trial basis.

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Attention Clerkship Directors: Try NeuroSAE Medical Student Edition FREE!

Not getting enough sleep may lead to weight gain over time, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Neurology)

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Lack of ZZZs May Fuel Appetite

These are materials presented at the 2012 STFM Medical Student Education Conference in Long Beach California. Here is the description:The AAMC Compliance Officer’s Forum recently published recommendations for medical student documentation in the EMR, which could turn this topic on its ear. This presentation will begin with a description of the new AAMC recommendations, followed by brief descriptions of the policies for medical student documentation at three major medical schools

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Medical Student Documentation in the EMR: Controversial AAMC Recommendations and Practical Educational Issues (Aaron Michelfelder MD, FAAFP, FAAMA)

These are materials presented at the 2012 STFM Medical Student Education Conference in Long Beach California. Here is the description:The AAMC Compliance Officer’s Forum recently published recommendations for medical student documentation in the EMR, which could turn this topic on its ear. This presentation will begin with a description of the new AAMC recommendations, followed by brief descriptions of the policies for medical student documentation at three major medical schools

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Medical Student Documentation in the EMR: Controversial AAMC Recommendations and Practical Educational Issues (Aaron Michelfelder MD, FAAFP, FAAMA)

On January 18, 2010, the British Medical Association (BMA) urged the government to reconsider their plans to make changes to the NHS Pension Scheme after the BMA received an overwhelming call from doctors to reject the proposed changes, with a willingness to take some form of industrial action.

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Pensions Offer Rejected By British Medical Association

Fibrous tissue disorder raises risks for high blood pressure, stroke and aneurysm (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Cardiology)

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Narrowed Artery Condition Often Goes Undiagnosed: Study

As part of a White House effort to ensure that America’s military heroes receive care worthy of their service, the UCLA Health System and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have pledged to mobilize their uniquely integrated missions in education, research and clinical care to help train physicians to meet the special needs of veterans, active service members and their families.   Joining Forces, an initiative launched by first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, announced last week that UCLA and a number of other renowned institutions, along with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), have partnered to help create a new generation of doctors, medical schools and research facilities tha..

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UCLA joins forces with White House to meet unique needs of veterans, families

Conclusions: 1) A quality clerkship experience in Surgery can be provided by a non-traditional community-based system, 2) the distributed campus model does not lead to inequality of learning opportunities or surgical experiences, 3) Both students and community faculty strongly support the tutorial model, 4) Student learning has been confirmed by national metrics. (Source: Journal of Surgical Research) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find the best January Sales in the UK.

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The Surgical Clerkship: A Contemporary Paradigm

Introduction: The Association of American Medical Colleges has identified key procedural skills that graduating medical students should acquire. Despite this educational goal, there is data to show that students are unprepared to perform even basic medical procedures upon graduation from medical school. Our aim was to characterize the experience and opinions of graduating students in acquiring these skills and elucidate predictors of competence.

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Experience and Opinions of 4th Year Medical Students in Acquiring Competence With Basic Procedural Skills