At least half of all medical students are in the same boat as you. Medscape Med Students (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

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How Can I Keep From Being Burned Out in Med School?

More than 1,000 future physicians are expected to attend the American Medical Student Association’s (AMSA) 60th Annual Convention , March 11-14, at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif., to discuss the evolution of 21st century medicine. Hot topics include implementing a code of ethics for medical professionals and trainees using social media tools; threats to professionalism in medicine; health care reform; the effect of food production on health; the explosion of human trafficking within U.S… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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AMSA’s Annual Convention: Largest Gathering Of Medical Students Celebrates 60 Years Of Student Activism

Almost half of UK doctors surveyed by the BMA are missing out on essential training, since the implementation of the 48 hour week in August 2009, a BMA conference was told last week. The conference, attended by junior doctors and key stakeholders, explores the impact the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) has had on training. The erosion of junior doctors’ training could seriously undermine the ability of the NHS to provide high quality patient care in the future, say BMA leaders..

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Training Squeeze Will Result In Poorer Quality Patient Care, Says British Medical Association

This viewpoint commentary focuses on a proposal for integrated anatomy education in undergraduate college from Dr. Darda published in the Anatomical Sciences Education

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An outsider’s perspective on a provocative proposal: What would Flexner think?

ADVANCED 3D computer technology, made famous in the animated sci-fi film Avatar, is being harnessed to train a “PlayStation generation” of medical students in Scotlan (Source: Scotsman.com News – Health)

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‘Avatar’ 3D images help Scots medical students

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced federal funding of over $1.5 million to the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) to strengthen the postgraduate medical education system. The funding will help provide physicians in training with the necessary skills to meet the health care needs of Canadians.

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Government Of Canada Supports Improvements To The Postgraduate Medical Education System

An online tool to help educators teach the next generation of nurses and physician assistants about genetics and genomics has been launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The tool is part of NHGRI’s effort to address the growing need among health care professionals for knowledge in this area, which is paving the way for more individualized approaches to detect, treat and prevent many diseases..

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Online Genomics Center For Educators Of Nurses, Physician Assistants

With a 21 percent Medicare reimbursement rate cut set for Monday, unless Congress acts to block it, some doctors are threatening to refuse new Medicare patients in their practices. “‘To our physicians, we are providing information on their Medicare participation options, including how to remove themselves from the Medicare program,’ said James Rohack, president of the American Medical Association, whose more than 250,000 members include doctors, medical students and faculty members,” CNN reports.

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With Rate Cut Looming, Doctors Threaten To Stop Accepting Medicare Patients

Conclusions: The majority of GS residents plan to subspecialize. Three factors dominate specialty choice. Faculty need to understand their impact potential to modify or change perceptions of their specialty.

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Factors Dominating Choice of Surgical Specialty

The Joan C. Edwards Charitable Foundation has announced that it will make a significant investment in the city of Cleveland to create a medical education pipeline for students from traditionally underrepresented minorities and low-income backgrounds. The first phase of the Joan C

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