More Than 1 In 4 Medical Students Are Depressed, Analysis Finds
F.I., 31, is in her final year at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She’s studying to be an emergency department doctor, and come March 17, or “Match Day,” she and thousands of other medical students across America will find out if they got matched to a hospital residency program after graduation.
F.I. has something else in common with many of her medical school colleagues: She’s struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts. These are issues she’s dealt with since she was 10 years old, but F.I., who asked that we use her initials due to concerns about mental health...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 12, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
More Than 1 In 4 Medical Students Are Depressed, Analysis Finds
F.I., 31, is in her final year at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She’s studying to be an emergency department doctor, and come March 17, or “Match Day,” she and thousands of other medical students across America will find out if they got matched to a hospital residency program after graduation.
F.I. has something else in common with many of her medical school colleagues: She’s struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts. These are issues she’s dealt with since she was 10 years old, but F.I., who asked that we use her initials due to concerns about mental health...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Case For Incorporating Spiritual Care In Medicine
Dr. Christina Puchalski is familiar with death. The palliative care doctor and founder of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) has seen countless patients facing the end of life ― but there are still moments that shake her foundation.
Several years ago, Puchalski went into a checkup with a patient previously diagnosed with a terminal illness. Puchalski knew the appointment might take a while, and she was already running behind schedule. She was nervous.
“I felt the anxiety as I walked in the room,” Puchalski told The Huffington Post. “They started quibbling with each other...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Video from RSNA 2016: Why aren't women picking radiology?
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12/1/2016 5:22:00 PMJan the Third
I don't see this as a problem. Men and women likely go to medical school for reasons that differ sufficiently t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 7, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
A Focus on Ethics in Global-Health Programs
By Jill Raufman, M.S., M.P.H.,
Ten years ago I was working with some friends on a joint project at the Central Nairobi YMCA. In a park on the outskirts of town one afternoon, I watched as a group of kids from a nearby orphanage--dressed up in party clothes--came into the area with a group of non-Kenyan sponsors. The well-meaning adults had their arms around some of the children and were clearly trying to show them a fun time. All seemed well, but what I will never forget is the look of fear and discomfort on the faces of the children. The sponsors were clearly "voluntourists"--vacationers working on behalf of "good causes...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dr. Owen Witte receives award for distinguished biomedical research
The Association of American Medical Colleges recently honored Dr. Owen Witte, a researcher at UCLA, with the Award for Distinguished Research in Biomedical Sciences. This award, established in 1974, honors outstanding biomedical research related to health and disease that has contributed to the substance of medicine.“For more than three decades, the scientific discoveries of Dr. Witte have led to lifesaving breakthroughs for once-fatal diseases," according to a statement by the association, which presented the award on Sunday, Nov. 13. "Dr. Witte has identified genes and enzymes that cause rare genetic cancer s and immun...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 17, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Overcoming gender obstacles in medicine
A lack of women in leadership positions, a gender pay gap, stereotypes and self-confidence all play a role in gender inequality in medicine. At the inaugural Women in Medicine Symposium, Vineet Arora, MD, detailed these issues and discussed how women could be more empowered in the medical field.
Dr. Arora has spent most of her career in academic medicine and is currently assistant dean for Scholarship and Discovery at the University of Chicago. Because there is good data, she said, academic medicine is a great lens to track women in medicine. The data and results of many studies prove there are specific obstacles that wom...
Source: AMA Wire - September 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
Making Rounds: Health care briefs
Drexel designates sixth regional medical campus
Drexel University’s College of Medicine is expanding its longstanding academic affiliation with Crozer-Chester Medical Center by designating the Delaware County hospital as its sixth regional medical campus. Regional medical campuses, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, is a term that refers to hospitals and health systems that serve as alternative venues for medical students to gain clinical education. Under the new designation,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 22, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Dell Poncet Source Type: news
Drexel designates Delco hospital as its sixth regional medical campus
Drexel University ’s College of Medicine is expanding its long-standing academic affiliation with Crozer-Chester Medical Center by designating the Delaware County hospital as its sixth regional medical campus next year.
“Regional medical campus” is a term used by the Association of American Medical Colleges to refer to hospitals and health systems that serve as alternative venues for medical students to gain clinical education.
Under the new designation, Drexel medical students — beginning… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 19, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
Health Professions Education Programs: Preparing the Next Generation of Health Professionals for the Nation's Changing Needs
Overview of the Title VII and Title VIII health professions federal programs designed to train providers in interdisciplinary settings to meet the needs of special and underserved populations, as well as increase minority representation in the health care workforce. -- Association of American Medical Colleges (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 6, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Learn Serve Lead 2016: AAMC Annual Meeting
November 11-15, 2016. Seattle WA. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - August 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
For Medical Literature Expertise, Ask a Librarian
As the role of medical librarians expands, their instruction and research skills are being utilized in healthcare settings to produce high quality systematic reviews, contribute to establishing practice guidelines, and consult about meaningful use. A librarian is the guide to learning how best to evaluate the medical literature and find evidence-based resources. In a time of economic challenges for many institutions, librarians can continue to increase value by offering services and participating on teams to improve access to resources, knowledge of healthcare providers and as a result, patient care.
Rachel Walden, Associa...
Source: Dragonfly - July 28, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Patricia Devine Tags: News From NN/LM PNR Source Type: news
Network with academic colleagues Nov. 11 in Seattle
Academic physicians should plan to attend the 2016 AMA Academic Physicians Section (APS) Interim Meeting, Nov. 11 at the Grand Hyatt in Seattle. This event will be held prior to the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, taking place Nov. 11-15.
The meeting begins at 1 p.m. (with an optional new member orientation/update at 10 a.m.). Meeting registration is free of charge.
Plan to attend this important event so that you can:
Hear an update on the progress of the AMA's Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium
Play a role in developing AMA medical education policy by reviewin...
Source: AMA Wire - July 15, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Online database simplifies residency, fellowship search
The go-to online resource for finding residencies and fellowships is turning 20. Learn what users have to say about FREIDA Online®, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database™, and how students can use it to make informed decisions about the next big step in their careers.
Customizing the search
FREIDA—Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access—provides custom searches of more than 10,000 residency and fellowship programs to help students and residents find a match. Users can search by geographic areas, specialties and keywords. They can review basic program data and training statistics, find m...
Source: AMA Wire - July 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Baxter Regional Medical Center Fights to Bring Pediatricians to Mountain Home
MOUNTAIN HOME - Dr. Michael Adkins is going to be feeling a little lonely come July 15. That's when the only other pediatrician in Mountain Home, Dr. Perry Wilbur, is shutting down his practice, getting married and moving to Fayetteville.
At that point, Adkins will be the only pediatrician in Mountain Home, a situation officials at Baxter Regional Medical Center say they are working to rectify.
The Baxter Bulletin reports that two candidates have already been interviewed in the past two weeks for pediatrician positions at the hospital, officials there said, with the hope of hiring at least two pediatricians in th...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - July 11, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
