A new study has shown that teaching hospitals (those that take part in the training of medical students, physicians-in-training, or other healthcare professionals) have overall lower rates of complications following radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer….Read Full Post (Source: About.com Prostate Cancer)

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Prostate Surgery Complications Lower at Teaching Hospitals

According to a BMA report, medical students from low-income backgrounds are graduating with over £13,000 more debt compared to their better off fellow students. These perturbing findings have been discovered in the BMA’s Medical Student Finance Survey (2010/2011), that questioned over 2,800 medical students. It raises concerns regarding the government’s plans to widen access to medicine from low-income groups..

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£13,000 More Debt From Low Income Medical Students, Says British Medical Association

The number of medical students from low income families has fallen in the last 12 months, due to increasing debt, the BMA has warned (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)

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BMA warns increasing debts put low income students off studying medicine

Emotional Distress May Impair Medical Student Learning Capabilities (#1112887, Tuesday, October 25, 5:30 PM Eastern) New research suggests that emotional distress during simulation education may have negative effects on learning.

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New Simulation Education Research Highlighted At CHEST 2011

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The number of applicants applying for the first time to U.S.

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First-Time Med School Applicants Hits Record

Several undergraduates in the Medical School have recently won prizes for their work. (Source: University of Bristol news)

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Medical students pick up prizes

Last Tuesday morning 1st, 2nd and 4th year medical students arrived at Southampton Hospital to find an array of cake to keep them going through the day’s lectures. From brownie to banana bread, cookie to cupcake, the HIV Education (HIVE) team were kept busy selling a multitude of baked goods all through the day, ultimately raising £215.64 for SIC! This is our first fundraising event of many; throughout the year we will be holding one event each month for students across all the University, not to mention keeping up with our schools programme that takes HIV Education out into various secondary schools and sixth forms around Hampshire

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HIVE Southampton Cake Sale

An analysis by University of Cincinnati faculty members shows that a multiple-choice testing program coupled with a novel year-long clinical experience helps internal medicine residents improve their scores on the Internal Medicine In-Training Exam (IM-ITE). These findings, published in the advance online edition of the Journal of General Internal Medicine scheduled for print in November, validate the benefit of this and similar programs in improving internal medicine resident education at UC and possibly at other institutions… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Program Improves Scores, Knowledge Retention For Third-Year Residents

Due to unforeseen circumstances, a replacement has been named for the position of student chair of the 2012 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students. (Source: Inside AAFP)

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AAFP Board Approves Appointment of Student Chair for 2012 Conference

UCLA has been at the forefront of integrative medicine research and education, incorporating traditional healing techniques and therapies from the East with Western medicine. Three upcoming UCLA–sponsored events will explore this intersection of East–West medicine.    Media seeking more information on these and other events should contact Rachel Champeau of UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations (rchampeau@mednet.ucla.edu | 310-794-0777) or Sue Fan of the UCLA Center for East–West Medicine (sfan@mednet.ucla.edu | 310-794-0712).

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UCLA events highlight integration of Eastern healing traditions, Western medicine