Depressed medical students are more likely to endorse depression stigma attitudes than nondepressed students, and those with burnout are more likely to engage in unprofessional conduct and less likely to hold altruistic views of physicians’ social responsibilities than those without burnout, according to two articles published in the Sept. 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Source: Modern Medicine)

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Depression, Burnout Have Dire Impact on Medical Training

In an article published in the September issue of Health Affairs, AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G.

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AAMC President Says New Doctors Are Key To Advancing Patient Safety

This small BMJ study suggests the following risk factors for subsequent professional misconduct:- male sex- lower socioeconomic background- early academic difficulties at medical school59 doctors who had graduated from 8 medical schools in the United Kingdom in 1958-97 and had a proved finding of serious professional misconduct in 1999-2004 (cases) and 236 controls (four for each case) were included in the study.The findings are preliminary and should be interpreted with caution.

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How to identify medical students at risk of subsequent misconduct?

PURPOSE: This cross-cultural study investigated the prevalence of suicidal behavior and attitudes towards suicide and reactions to suicidal individuals in 320 Austrian and 326 Turkish medical students. METHODS: Data were collected using a self-report quest…

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A cross-cultural investigation of suicidal behavior and attitudes in Austrian and Turkish medical students. – Eskin M, Voracek M, Stieger S,…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is tasked with enforcing safety and health legislation, should take doctors-in-training under its purview, consumer and health advocacy groups said today in a petition sent to the agency. Resident physicians work shifts as long as 30 hours as often as three times a week, which can lead to physician fatigue and medical errors. Exhausted resident physicians are at increased risk of being in a car crash and suffering from depression, pregnancy complications and needle sticks, research shows…

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OSHA Should Regulate Work Hours For Doctors-in-Training, Groups Tell Labor Department

A new medical school training undergraduate doctors in Singapore and awarding joint Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) degrees is to be established by 2013, it was confirmed.

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New Singapore Medical School To Be Created By Imperial College London And Nanyang Technological University

Two Amarillo physicians have accepted key Texas Medical Association (TMA) leadership positions. TMA physicians and medical students can be appointed or elected to a position on one of TMA’s 30 boards, councils, and committees. (Source: News_Room)

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Amarillo Physicians Accept TMA Leadership Roles

To address a lack of guidance for physicians’ and medical students’ use of social media, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs for the American Medical Association (AMA) is studying the subject for a report this fall. Experts applaud the move.

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AMA considers ethical guidelines for physician, med student use of social media

An overview of a recent international rotation, which included pre medical students and a Family Medicine resident in addition to 4th year medical students. Premeds were trained on vision screening with a focometer (R), and thereby became a vital part of the team.

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AAFP-CIHI10 Modeling the ethic of service across the learning spectrum: One school’s experience incorporating multiple levels of learners on an…

The Royal College of Physicians is in broad agreement with the recommendations made in this, the first, Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) report on the future of specialty training.

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RCP Statement On The CfWI’s Recommendations For Medical Specialty Training 2011, UK