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MD Connector Competition Finalists & Semifinalists Announced

April 13, 2009 at 1:39 pm | Competition |
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symposium We are excited to announce that after much deliberation by our judging panel, the finalists for the MD Connector 2009 Competition on Health Education Reform have been selected.

These finalists will compete for placement during the 2009 Health Care Education Symposium at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN April 26-28, 2009.

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Finalists: Click the links to read the full text and PDF entries of our finalists. We invite you to rate and comment on their respective entries.

Creating a path to high‐quality health care: the implementation of a quality improvement mechanism in the education of clinical skills – Paul Di Capua
Jumpstarting Medical Education - Claire Fung and Jessica Schumer
Narrowing the Health Education Chasm – Tamara Bavousett, Simon Curtis, Desiree de la Torre, Amelia Walling Maïga, Valerie P. Pracilio

Semi-Finalists: Click the links to read the full text and PDF entries of our finalists. We invite you to rate and comment on their respective entries.

Individual and Systems Based Approaches: Introducing Quality, Coordination, and Patient-Centeredness Into the Health Care Education System - Frank W. Chen
Laying the foundations for an evolving health care system: health care reform through health education reform – Wael Salem
Toward Patient-Centered Care: Communication as a Mechanism for Change – Duc M. Chung
Transformation from Day One: The Call for Team-Building Skills Development in Our Health Education System - Donna Kaminski
U.S. Health Care Stimulus: Changing the Way We Educate Our Workforce – Morgan Medlock
MD Connector 2009 Healthcare Reform Essay - Mallika Mendu
MD Connector Essay Competition - Salim Abboud

Loyola Among World’s Top Centers In Pathology Competition

February 22, 2010 at 10:00 am | Competition, Medical News, News, research |
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Loyola University Medical Center ranked among the top hospitals in the world in a recent research competition for pathologists in training. Loyola was tied for the top nine programs in the number of scientific studies accepted in the Stowell-Orbison Awards competition sponsored by the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP). One hundred academic programs worldwide participated in the competition.

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Ten Elsevier Books Win First Prize At BMA Medical Book Competition

September 23, 2009 at 2:00 am | Competition, Medical News, News |
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Elsevier is pleased to announce that ten of its professional and scholarly books were honored at the annual BMA Medical Book Competition ceremony in London on September 8th 2009. An additional 19 Elsevier books were highly commended.

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MD Connector $10,000 Competition on Health Education Reform in partnership with Mayo Clinic

January 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm | Competition, News |
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Thank you for your participation

MD Connector in partnership with Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center is pleased to announce open registration for the MD Connector 2009 National Competition on Health Education Reform. This essay competition is open to health profession students to stimulate thought, discussion, and innovation on health education reform. Over $10,000 in cash, travel, and registration prizes will be awarded to competition finalists, as well as the opportunity to present at the 2009 Health Care Education Symposium at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN April 26-28, 2009. This invitation-only event of national healthcare leaders will be the venue of finalist judging and discussion of proposed ideas. We welcome you to find out more about this unique opportunity. Essay submissions are due by March 16, 2009. (Note this has been extended from March 9, 2009)

The prompt for the competition is as follows:

In order to create a health care workforce equipped to provide a high-value team approach to coordinated, patient-centered health care, what is the most important change required of the health care education system?

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