The Association of American Medical Colleges has encouraged educators to investigate proper linkage of simulation experiences with medical curricula. The authors aimed to determine if student knowledge and satisfaction differ between participation in web-based and manikin simulations for learning shock physiology and treatment and to determine if a specific training sequencing had a differential effect on learning. All 40 second-year medical students participated in a randomized, counterbalanced study with two interventions: group 1 (n = 20) participated in a web-based simulation followed by a manikin simulation and group 2 (n = 20) participated in reverse order
Given the obesity epidemic among the nation’s young, one might hope that children’s hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But hospitals in California fall short, with only 7 percent of entrees classified as “healthy,” according to a new study published in the journal Academic Pediatrics.
Research published in bmj.com reveals that sub-Saharan African countries lose billions of dollars by training doctors and investing in them only to find that the clinicians leave to work in developed countries. The study shows that the biggest emigration of doctors and the greatest economic losses occur in South Africa and Zimbabwe with Australia, Canada, the UK and US reaping the benefits from recruiting clinicians that have been educated elsewhere… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Researchers say that omega-3 fatty acid supplements, which have been linked to improved depression symptoms, may also benefit anxiety and inflammation. Sixty-eight first- and second-year medical students participated in the study, with half being given omega-3 supplements equivalent to about four to five times the amount in a daily serving of salmon. The other half received a placebo. The students were interviewed six times during the study. At each interview, the students also gave blood samples and filled out questionnaires related to stress, depression, anxiety and dietary intake….Read Full Post (Source: About.com Depression)
A Practical Introduction and Survival GuideThis is the second edition of a very popular book on DICOM that introduces this complex standard from a very practical point of view.
Source: Anthony Aspesi, FutureDocs Content: “A classroom at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine was packed earlier this month with both medical students and students in the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy (GPHAP) interested in learning more about the IHI and quality improvement.
When the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) was introduced in rotas at 77 English hospital trusts in August 2009 they felt ‘derogated’ being allowed to operate at a maximum 52-hour week instead of 48 hours until 31 July 2011. A report by BMJ Careers shows that the majority of the 300 doctors in training rotas exempted from the 48-hour limit on working time imposed by the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) are now compliant… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Omega 3 fatty acids play a huge role in brain health and neurocommunication. This summer, a neat paper illuminating more connections between fish oil and mental health was published in my favorite journal, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity: Omega-3 supplementation lowers inflammation and anxiety in medical students: a randomized controlled trial. Primary Topic: Anxiety read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Technology for Doctors Online Content: “Self-described geek, Dr. Gerard Farrell (pictured), director of the E-Health Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, is working and advocating with medical teaching faculty and staff to reconsider how they are using and teaching technology, including electronic medical records (EMR).
Lower compensation rates and increased regulation are not keeping young people out of medical school. In fact, first-time applicants reached an all-time high in 2011, increasing by 2.6% over 2010 to 32,654 students, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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