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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In the face of physician shortages, they are focusing efforts on keeping medical students and residents within state boundaries.

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How states are keeping doctors from moving out

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

PURPOSE: Medical student education has begun to embrace integration across specialties in order to improve understanding of diseases. The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Trauma and Injury Control course was developed to expose students to the science, princ… (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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A multidisciplinary course on injury prevention and control for medical students. – Webb TP, Winthrop A, Klingbeil F, Hein L, Czinner M, Christiansen…

Evidence published in the Postgraduate Medical Journal suggests that newly qualified doctors feel inadequately prepared to look after acutely ill patients compared with other elements that are required in clinical practice.

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Newly Qualified Doctors Feel Inadequately Prepared To Look After Acutely Ill Patients

In response to “distracted doctoring,” some hospitals have begun limiting the use of computers, smartphones and other devices in critical settings, while schools have started reminding medical students to focus on patients. (Source: NYT Health) MedWorm Message: Find the best January Sales in the UK

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As Doctors Use More Devices, Potential for Distraction Grows

A further increase to doctors’ and medical students’ pension contributions will ‘intensify the anger’ they are already feeling over pension reforms, the BMA has warned. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)

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BMA warns pension anger will intensify after increased GP contribution offer

In his book, How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey Into the Heart of Growing Old, Dr Marc Agronin helps reduce the stigma of ageism and provides clinical guidance for seasoned geriatric psychiatrists, primary care clinicians, and medical students alike. (Source: Psychiatric Times)

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How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey Into the Heart of Growing Old

UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru have signed a five-year affiliation agreement that establishes an exchange program for medical students and related educational opportunities. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)

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UT Southwestern, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia agree to five-year pact

Every month, Psychiatry Online offers Jeffersonians a free text from the American Psychiatric Publishing book store.   The PDF books are compatible with a variety of readers/computers. December’s free book is Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychopharmacology (2007), by Sandra A.

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