AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement on President Obama’s nomination of Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., as U.S

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AAMC Applauds Benjamin As Choice For Surgeon General, USA

(Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) Simulating medical scenarios helps medical students learn and retain vital information, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! – Medicine and Health)

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Simulating medical situations helps students learn, retain basic science concepts

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement today on U.S.

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Association of American Medical Colleges Lauds American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds For National Health Service Corps

(American Society of Hematology) The American Society of Hematology (ASH) announces the selection of 15 participants for its 2009 Minority Medical Student Award Program, which encourages minority medical students to purse an interest in hematology research. Under the program, each award recipient will receive the support of a research mentor and a career development mentor, travel stipends to attend the ASH annual meeting, and a subscription to the scientific journal Blood, the official journal of ASH.

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Minority medical students receive support to pursue hematology research

MEDICAL students who misbehave at university and fail to turn up at lectures could find themselves labelled potentially risky doctors under a new system to flag up early conce (Source: Scotsman.com News – Health)

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Medical students to get check-up for bad behaviour

(Durham University) A new way of assessing professionalism among medical students could help to make better doctors, a new research study suggests. (Source: EurekAlert! – Social and Behavioral Science)

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New way of gauging professional behavior in medical students

The TMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of America’s largest state medical society, raised $68,950 to assist many of the 1,000 medical students from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston facing storm recovery. (Source: News_Room)

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TMA Foundation Raises Funds to Help Displaced Medical Students

In the years before World War II, informal quotas limited the numbers of Jewish medical students and physicians. (Source: NYT > Health)

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In a Time of Quotas, a Quiet Pose in Defiance

Those little notepads, pens and other small branded promotional items that drug makers often give to medical students aren’t just fun freebies. They can actually influence the brand of drugs favoured by the students, a new study finds. (Source: CTV Health)

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Drugmaker freebies influence med students: study

The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) applauded Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for introducing legislation that would increase the number of Medicare-supported training positions for medical residents by 15 percent (approximately 15,000 slots).

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AAMC-Backed Bill To Improve Access, Reduce Physician Shortage Introduced In Senate