A new version of the AAN’s popular online self–assessment examination is now available for medical students interesting in assessing their knowledge of neurology. (Source: American Academy of Neurology)

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New NeuroSAE: Medical Student Edition Now Available

Doctors and medical students will soon be asked for feedback on government pension proposals (Source: BMA daily feed)

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BMA urges members to respond to its pension survey

Even though pain is by far the leading reason people seek medical care, pain education at North American medical schools is limited, variable and often fragmentary, according to a Johns Hopkins University study published in The Journal of Pain. The study examined the curricula at 117 medical schools in the United States and Canada and went beyond a simple analysis of historical presence-or-absence criteria in assessing pain education for medical students.

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Pain Education In Medical Schools Needs Improvement

At Vanderbilt Medical School, students take an active role planning activities like fun runs and cooking competitions — as student colleges, modeled on Harry Potter, compete. (Source: NYT Health)

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Well Blog: Doctor and Patient: A Medical School More Like Hogwarts

The Northeast states have plenty of physicians for the population, but states in the South and Mountain regions are where your services are greatly in demand, according to workforce figures from the Association of American Medical Colleges. (Source: Modern Medicine) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find the best January Sales in the UK.

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Job seekers: Southern, Mountain states lacking docs

Brain scans show that diagnosis of disease from X-rays involves the same mechanisms as recognising everday objectsIn medical practice, doctors often reach a diagnosis of a disease within minutes of coming into contact with a patient, and sometimes before the patient has even reported their symptoms. When, for example, a doctor encounters a patient with jaundice (yellowish staining of the skin and the whites of the eyes), a diagnosis related to liver disease or dysfunction comes to mind immediately and automatically.Diagnosing disease is a specialized type of problem-solving, which is believed to require little or no analytical reasoning. Instead, it is likely based on the rapid retrieval of similar cases from memory and, as such, has been likened to pattern recognition.

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Doctors diagnose diseases as if recognising objects | Mo Costandi

Medical students need to be taught to understand medical science before worrying about their bedside manner, says Max Pemberton. (Source: Telegraph Health)

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Doctors must put scientific know-how first

The National Student Association of Medical Research (NSAMR) is a new, student led initiative aimed at promoting research and academic medicine amongst medical students. The Association is a collaborative network composed of research societies throughout the UK which enables the sharing of ideas and resources and provides students with a national voice on issues pertaining to research and academic training. Click on the link below for more information

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National Student Association of Medical Research

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Flinn, UA name first visiting scholar

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has published the latest update in its series on the physician workforce.

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2011 Physician Workforce Data Book Released