Meanwhile, first-year residency positions are increasing at less than 1% annually, a new AAMC survey says. (Source: American Medical News – PROFESSION) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network , and receive $5 free advertising

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Med school enrollment not growing as quickly as projected

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine Class of 2013 will host the 11th annual “Feria de la Salud” health fair 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday, May 23, at the E.S. Good Barn on the UK campus

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UK Medical Students Host Hispanic Health Fair

A new curriculum called The Great Diseases will bring real-world biomedical research to students in three Boston high schools.

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Grant Brings Real-World Science To Boston Classrooms

Part fairground attraction, part science lesson, a new exhibition of grotesquely lifelike waxworks lifts the curtain on the hidden history of medicine and artThe Wellcome Collection in London is about to open a peep show – and of a kind not seen in Britain for well over a century, since the last public museum of medical waxworks was smashed to pieces by the London Metropolitan police. The Wellcome’s normally chaste white galleries have been transformed for a new show called Exquisite Bodies, which gathers together centuries of anatomical models of human bodies and body parts, created to educate, terrify and titillate.The exhibition’s designers say it will be part university lecture, part artist’s anatomy lesson, part Victorian fairground booth.

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Graphic and ghoulish: The Wellcome’s cadaverous Exquisite Bodies show

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s curriculum stresses less-traditional topics of error reduction and resource management. (Source: American Medical News)

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Medical students taking free online courses in quality, safety

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Check out a great PBS program airing on NOVA… and you can watch it online. Doctor’s Diaries chronicles 7 doctors journeys for 20 years, starting with their med school experience. The first aired last Tuesday the 7th, and the next will be on the 14th.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/doctors/

At Imperial College London, medical students navigate a full-service hospital where they see patients, order X-rays, consult with colleagues and make diagnoses.

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Can Second Life help teach doctors treat patients?

Medical students at university who skip lectures take drugs or drink too much will face GMCstyle hearings and could be banned from ever becoming a doctor under new guidance. (Source: Telegraph Health)

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Medical students warned bad behaviour could cost them career

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Medical students from across the country took time out of their hectic schedules this week to talk to legislators — and MedPage Today — about top issues facing medical students. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign ‘08)

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Med Students Lobby Congress for Tuition Breaks

The projected shortage of physicians is about 150,000. Officials are urging changes such as more residency slots. (Source: American Medical News – PROFESSION)

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AAMC report says 30% med school enrollment hike is not enough