Introduction: The Association of American Medical Colleges has identified key procedural skills that graduating medical students should acquire. Despite this educational goal, there is data to show that students are unprepared to perform even basic medical procedures upon graduation from medical school. Our aim was to characterize the experience and opinions of graduating students in acquiring these skills and elucidate predictors of competence.
As part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is teaming up with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) to create a new generation of doctors, medical schools and research facilities that will make sure our military veterans and their families receive the care worthy of their service. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
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)
About 130,000 BMA Doctors and medical students across the UK will be questioned regarding the government’s final offer in negotiations on the future of the NHS pension scheme in a major survey that has been launched by the BMA (British Medical Association). The BMA intends to learn whether the participants’ views on the offer are acceptable or not. If they are not acceptable, they want to know what action the participants are prepared to take, which could potentially lead to a formal ballot on industrial action…
New RCP foundation doctor membership benefits – For £4 per month, foundation doctor members receive career planning information covering 30 specialties, online clinical learning tools, discounts and a chance to be a part of the RCP. New RCP medical student membership – For £1 per month, medical students receive career planning information from doctors in 30 medical specialties represented by the RCP, clinical learning tools, discounts and a chance to be part of the RCP, with elective fund opportunities and opportunities to apply for event sponsorship. Visit the Join the RCP section of the RCP website for more information or visit the RCP training timeline.
A 3-D virtual body, now used by medical students in anatomy studies, represents an unusual collaboration between industry and academia. (Source: NYT Health)
A program enforced by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to enhance surgical outcomes and help structured interactive communication in surgical care results in fewer surgical complications, according to an article published in the December issue of the Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives .
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