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A medicine ‘classic’ goes online and far afield

MD Connector — Thu, 06 May 2010 09:00:00 +0000

(Oxford University Press) Oxford University Press has launched, for the first time online, the prestigious Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Generations of consultants, trainees, and medical students have relied on this “classic” for practical guidance on clinical management and the prevention of disease. Others, such as journalists, authors and lawyers have used it as the ultimate reference medical book

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A medicine ‘classic’ goes online and far afield

Hormonal contraceptives associated with higher risk of female sexual dysfunction

MD Connector — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:00:00 +0000

(Wiley-Blackwell) Women taking non-oral and oral hormonal contraceptives were at highest risk of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), according to a study of female German medical students published today in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. Interestingly, women taking non-hormonal contraceptives were at lowest risk for FSD, more than women not using any contraceptive.

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Individual and Social Concerns in American Surgical Education: Paying Patients, Prepaid Health Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid

MD Connector — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:44:54 +0000

The education of the U.S. surgeon was traditionally based on a system in which surgeons-in-training cared for a population of largely indigent patients in a setting of graded responsibility. To ensure an ethically appropriate bargain, senior surgeons served as mentors, assumed ultimate responsibility for the patient, and supervised the surgical care of the ward patient by the surgical trainee

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Individual and Social Concerns in American Surgical Education: Paying Patients, Prepaid Health Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid

Perspective: Is NIH Funding the "Best Science by the Best Scientists"? A Critique of the NIH R01 Research Grant Review Policies

MD Connector — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:44:54 +0000

Clinical and experimental biomedical research provides the foundation for advances in medicine, health, and the welfare of the public. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the major agency providing funding for biomedical research.

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Perspective: Is NIH Funding the "Best Science by the Best Scientists"? A Critique of the NIH R01 Research Grant Review Policies

Commentary: New Guidelines for NIH Peer Review: Improving the System or Undermining It?

MD Connector — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:44:54 +0000

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) peer review system has been viewed as the best way to guarantee the scientific independence of biomedical research in the United States, and it has been emulated internationally. The system, however, is subject to a variety of stresses, and these have always been exacerbated at times of flat NIH funding, as in the past five years

New Model For Researchers To Assess Teaching Methods Created By Collaborative Education

MD Connector — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0000

By developing a collaborative team mentored approach to learning through the Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC), a committee of experienced medical education researchers created a new model that makes it possible to conduct the scientific studies needed to assess the effectiveness of medical teaching methods, Wendy Coates, MD, a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) principal investigator writes in a study published in Academic Medicine…

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Quebec doctors fight user fees

MD Connector — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:35:14 +0000

Quebec doctors and medical students have formed a coalition to oppose the provincial government’s proposal to charge a $25 fee for doctor visits.

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Health Care Reform and the Health Workforce: Workforce Provisions Included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

MD Connector — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:48:22 +0000

Summarizes health workforce-related provisions of the new health reform legislation, including those pertaining to rural and underserved areas.

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Health Care Reform and the Health Workforce: Workforce Provisions Included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Health Professions Programs: Investing in tomorrows workforce – Improving health

MD Connector — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:52:53 +0000

An overview of the Title VII and Title VIII health professions federal programs designed to train providers in interdisciplinary settings to meet the needs of special and underserved populations, as well as increase minority representation in the health care workforce. — Association of American Medical Colleges (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)

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Gay and lesbian doctors find a voice

MD Connector — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:44:05 +0000

A NEW organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) doctors and medical students in Ireland is to hold its first agm in Dublin next month. (Source: The Irish Times – Health)

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