MD Connector » AAMC http://www.mdconnector.org Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Medical Student Documentation in the EMR: Controversial AAMC Recommendations and Practical Educational Issues (Aaron Michelfelder MD, FAAFP, FAAMA) http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/medical-student-documentation-in-the-emr-controversial-aamc-recommendations-and-practical-educational-issues-aaron-michelfelder-md-faafp-faama-2/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/medical-student-documentation-in-the-emr-controversial-aamc-recommendations-and-practical-educational-issues-aaron-michelfelder-md-faafp-faama-2/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/medical-student-documentation-in-the-emr-controversial-aamc-recommendations-and-practical-educational-issues-aaron-michelfelder-md-faafp-faama-2/ 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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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/ucla-joins-forces-with-white-house-to-meet-unique-needs-of-veterans-families/feed/ 0 The Surgical Clerkship: A Contemporary Paradigm http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/the-surgical-clerkship-a-contemporary-paradigm/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/the-surgical-clerkship-a-contemporary-paradigm/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:29:03 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/the-surgical-clerkship-a-contemporary-paradigm/ 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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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/12/mededportal-featured-resources/feed/ 0 2011 Physician Workforce Data Book Released http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/12/2011-physician-workforce-data-book-released/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/12/2011-physician-workforce-data-book-released/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:54:14 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/12/2011-physician-workforce-data-book-released/ The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has published the latest update in its series on the physician workforce.

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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/10/professional-development-award-recipients/feed/ 0 Nurse practitioners ‘critical link’ in meeting new care demands sparked by health reform http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/09/nurse-practitioners-critical-link-in-meeting-new-care-demands-sparked-by-health-reform/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/09/nurse-practitioners-critical-link-in-meeting-new-care-demands-sparked-by-health-reform/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:20:23 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/09/nurse-practitioners-critical-link-in-meeting-new-care-demands-sparked-by-health-reform/ One of the nation’s leading voices in patient care and safety says that the key to successfully navigating the challenges and changes that health care reform will bring is the ability to “reimagine and redefine” what nursing is all about.   “The addition of as many as 35 million more people with health insurance will create enormous demands that the current system is simply not prepared to handle,” said Courtney Lyder, dean of the UCLA School of Nursing. “Today’s shortage of primary care physicians will only be exacerbated unless we look to nurses and nurse practitioners to fill the gaps in providing needed care.”   Presently, nurses make up the largest segment of the health care workforce, with more than 3 million nursing professionals in the U.S.

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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/09/nurse-practitioners-critical-link-in-meeting-new-care-demands-sparked-by-health-reform/feed/ 0 Women in Academic Surgery: The Pipeline Is Busted http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/09/women-in-academic-surgery-the-pipeline-is-busted/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/09/women-in-academic-surgery-the-pipeline-is-busted/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/09/women-in-academic-surgery-the-pipeline-is-busted/ Conclusions: The percentage of full professors in surgery who are women is increasing at a rate disproportionately slower than the increases in female medical students and surgery residents.

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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/09/women-in-academic-surgery-the-pipeline-is-busted/feed/ 0 Comparing National Institutes of Health Funding of Emergency Medicine to Four Medical Specialties. http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/08/comparing-national-institutes-of-health-funding-of-emergency-medicine-to-four-medical-specialties/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/08/comparing-national-institutes-of-health-funding-of-emergency-medicine-to-four-medical-specialties/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2011/08/comparing-national-institutes-of-health-funding-of-emergency-medicine-to-four-medical-specialties/ Conclusions:  Compared to internal medicine, pediatrics, anesthesiology, and family medicine, EM received the least amount of NIH support per active faculty member and ranked next to last for NIH support by active physician. Given the many benefits of research both for the specialty and for society, EM needs to continue to develop and support an adequate cohort of independent investigators. ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18:1-4 © 2011 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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