Medical students who feel they aren’t cut out for clinical work have numerous options. Medscape Med Students (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

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What if I Don’t Want to Do a Residency?

In an article published in the September issue of Health Affairs, AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G.

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AAMC President Says New Doctors Are Key To Advancing Patient Safety

Source: Creutzfeldt J et al, J Med Internet Res, 12(3) Content: BACKGROUND: Contemporary learning technologies, such as massively multiplayer virtual worlds (MMVW), create new means for teaching and training. However, knowledge about the effectiveness of such training is incomplete, and there are no data regarding how students experience it. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a field within (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)

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Exploring virtual worlds for scenario-based repeated team training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in medical students

This small BMJ study suggests the following risk factors for subsequent professional misconduct:- male sex- lower socioeconomic background- early academic difficulties at medical school59 doctors who had graduated from 8 medical schools in the United Kingdom in 1958-97 and had a proved finding of serious professional misconduct in 1999-2004 (cases) and 236 controls (four for each case) were included in the study.The findings are preliminary and should be interpreted with caution.

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How to identify medical students at risk of subsequent misconduct?

A new accreditation programme is launched, by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), which is designed specifically for smaller enterprises in the Third Sector which offer training to their staff, supporters or the general public. As the health and well being sector enters a period of tremendous change, it is vital that all the participants are able to identify high quality training that is relevant to their needs…

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New Training Accreditation For The Third Sector From Royal Society Of Public Health, UK

Career educational institution Legacy Education welcomed the newest member of its family of career training schools, High Desert Medical College, Inc. The medical training school prepares aspiring medical professionals for careers that include ultrasound technician, massage therapist, medical assistant and full and part time vocational nurse. “From our first conversation, we were impressed with High Desert Medical College’s extraordinary commitment to its students,” said Ken Guerrero, President of Legacy Education…

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Legacy Education Acquires High Desert Medical College, Inc. As Part Of Its Growing Family Of Career Training Schools

For generations, medical students have spent two years in classrooms and laboratories, memorizing body parts and dissecting specimens, eagerly anticipating the triumphant third year when they would be immersed in working with actual people who have actual diseases. (Source: RWJF News Digest – Quality/Equality)

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In Medical School Shift, Meeting Patients on Day 1

PURPOSE: This cross-cultural study investigated the prevalence of suicidal behavior and attitudes towards suicide and reactions to suicidal individuals in 320 Austrian and 326 Turkish medical students. METHODS: Data were collected using a self-report quest…

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A cross-cultural investigation of suicidal behavior and attitudes in Austrian and Turkish medical students. – Eskin M, Voracek M, Stieger S,…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is tasked with enforcing safety and health legislation, should take doctors-in-training under its purview, consumer and health advocacy groups said today in a petition sent to the agency. Resident physicians work shifts as long as 30 hours as often as three times a week, which can lead to physician fatigue and medical errors. Exhausted resident physicians are at increased risk of being in a car crash and suffering from depression, pregnancy complications and needle sticks, research shows…

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OSHA Should Regulate Work Hours For Doctors-in-Training, Groups Tell Labor Department

The September 3 deadline is approaching to submit proposals for two to four awards-ranging from $5,000 to $10,000-through the AAN’s Education Research Grant program for projects that can help improve the neurologic education of AAN member residents and fellows, medical students, practicing neurologists, and non-neurologists.

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September 3 Deadline Approaching for Education Research Grant Proposals