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From Crawling to Running: Helping Medical Students Understand and Implement Innovative Chronic Disease Management Techniques (Christopher Scuderi DO)

MD Connector — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Presentation for Conference on Medical Student Education (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)

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From Crawling to Running: Helping Medical Students Understand and Implement Innovative Chronic Disease Management Techniques (Christopher Scuderi DO)

A Rural Health Service Learning Elective (Rita Lahlou)

MD Connector — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Although many curricula are designed to increase student interest in primary care, few have been evaluated with regard to participants’ final specialty choice, controlling for characteristics known to predict primary care practice. This session will describe an elective designed to foster interest in primary care, in which second year medical students manage operations at a free clinic, establish a continuity relationship with patients, attend a class covering primary care topics, keep a reflective journal, and complete a community project. We evaluated the impact of this course by surveying a sample of 257 alumni who graduated between 2003 and 2007

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A Rural Health Service Learning Elective (Rita Lahlou)

POR launches PharmaCONNECT desktop drug reference database

MD Connector — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:42:00 +0000

Physicians Office Resource (POR), a trusted online and print resource for over 360,000 U.S. physicians, today announced the first edition of its Desktop Drug Reference Database as a free resource for physicians, residents, medical students and allied healthcare professionals. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

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Grand designs

MD Connector — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:41:00 +0000

Medical students to benefit from historic hospital’s move (Source: BMA daily feed)

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Grand designs

Wessex Diabetes and Endocrinology Taster Evening

MD Connector — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

The Wessex Deanery are organising a taster evening for all grades of doctors and medical students interested in entering the speciality of endocrinology and diabetes.

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Lack of ZZZs May Fuel Appetite

MD Connector — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Not getting enough sleep may lead to weight gain over time, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Neurology)

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Medical Student Documentation in the EMR: Controversial AAMC Recommendations and Practical Educational Issues (Aaron Michelfelder MD, FAAFP, FAAMA)

MD Connector — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000

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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Medical Student Documentation in the EMR: Controversial AAMC Recommendations and Practical Educational Issues (Aaron Michelfelder MD, FAAFP, FAAMA)

Pensions Offer Rejected By British Medical Association

MD Connector — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:00:00 +0000

On January 18, 2010, the British Medical Association (BMA) urged the government to reconsider their plans to make changes to the NHS Pension Scheme after the BMA received an overwhelming call from doctors to reject the proposed changes, with a willingness to take some form of industrial action.

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Pensions Offer Rejected By British Medical Association

UCLA joins forces with White House to meet unique needs of veterans, families

MD Connector — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:00:00 +0000

As part of a White House effort to ensure that America’s military heroes receive care worthy of their service, the UCLA Health System and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have pledged to mobilize their uniquely integrated missions in education, research and clinical care to help train physicians to meet the special needs of veterans, active service members and their families. Joining Forces, an initiative launched by first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, announced last week that UCLA and a number of other renowned institutions, along with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), have partnered to help create a new generation of doctors, medical schools and research facilities tha..

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UK College of Medicine Joins National Initiative Committing to Health Care Needs of Veterans

MD Connector — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:30:41 +0000

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine has joined the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) as part of First Lady Michelle Obamas Joining Forces initiative. Together they have committed to creating a new generation of doctors, medical schools, and research facilities that will make sure our military heroes receive the care worthy of their service. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)

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