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…

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NHS Pensions, BMA Launches Final Survey Of Its Members, UK

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.

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Benefits of joining the Royal College of Physicians (RCP)

A 3-D virtual body, now used by medical students in anatomy studies, represents an unusual collaboration between industry and academia. (Source: NYT Health)

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Slipstream: The Human Anatomy, Animated With 3-D Technology

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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How Team Training Reduces Surgical Complications Risk

Progressive loss of gray matter linked to worse prognosis for young patients, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Neurology)

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MRI Scans Show Brain Changes in Kids With Schizophrenia

Is it appropriate for faculty and students to interact on social networking sites?

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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

Sokoto State Government has approved the release of N172 million for disbursement to 34 medical students in the United Kingdom for the 2011/2012 academic session as tuition, registration and maintenance funds. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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Nigeria: Sokoto Approves N172 Million for 34 Medical Students in UK

This study was performed to identify the presence of depression among medical students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences.

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Prevalence of depression among students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran) – Aghakhani N, Sharif Nia H, Eghtedar S, Rahbar N, Jasemi M,…