A new medical school training undergraduate doctors in Singapore and awarding joint Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) degrees is to be established by 2013, it was confirmed.

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New Singapore Medical School To Be Created By Imperial College London And Nanyang Technological University

Two Amarillo physicians have accepted key Texas Medical Association (TMA) leadership positions. TMA physicians and medical students can be appointed or elected to a position on one of TMA’s 30 boards, councils, and committees. (Source: News_Room)

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Amarillo Physicians Accept TMA Leadership Roles

Two Abilene physicians and one local resident have accepted key Texas Medical Association (TMA) leadership positions. TMA physicians and medical students can be appointed or elected to a position on one of TMA’s 30 boards, councils, and committees.

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Abilene Residents Accept TMA Leadership Roles

Medical education has undergone significant change in the last decade to ensure that new doctors have the skills they need to provide more patient-centered and community-focused health care.

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New Academic Medicine Supplement Highlights Innovations In Medical Education

The Royal College of Physicians is in broad agreement with the recommendations made in this, the first, Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) report on the future of specialty training.

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RCP Statement On The CfWI’s Recommendations For Medical Specialty Training 2011, UK

Elsevier, publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced it will provide four key electronic textbook titles for UC Irvine School of Medicine’s new program that gives Apple iPads to its first-year medical students.

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UC Irvine School Of Medicine’s Revolutionary IPad Program To Utilize E-Textbooks From Elsevier

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine celebrated the union of past, present and future through the White Coat Ceremony, a significant and meaningful tradition, with alumni representatives from the past five decades presenting the newest medical students with their coats on Friday, Aug. 6, at UKs Singletary Center for the Arts. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)

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UK College of Medicine Welcomes Class of 2014

The Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) warns that the current bottleneck in the medical education system at the intern-level is resulting in students missing out on further medical training and future medical practice in Australia.

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Australia To Lose Out On New Doctors, Australia

The AMA shares the concerns of Australia’s biggest medical schools that the national shortage of medical internships has severe implications for the future medical workforce and its ability to meet the health care needs of a growing and ageing population, with more people suffering chronic and complex conditions. Dr Pesce said the internship shortage has reached crisis point and all Australian governments, including the next Commonwealth Government, must work together to find solutions… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network , and receive $5 free advertising.

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Medical Internship Shortage At Crisis Point – Australian Medical Association

As medical schools across the country welcome droves of incoming students, the Association of American Medical Colleges, or AAMC, is launching new tools to help students in need handle the hefty debt the new school year brings.

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New Online Tool From AAMC Helps Students, Residents Manage Loans