An Exploration of Diversity in Faculty and Chair Positions at US Allopathic Medical Schools (Emily Mader MPH MPP)
Women and underrepresented minorities (URMs; African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander) are underrepresented in academic medicine. This presentation details an exploratory analysis investigating the racial/ethnic and female faculty and chair composition at US allopathic medical schools, using 2013 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - January 26, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP Announces That a Federal Securities Class Action Has Been Filed Against Altisource Asset Management Corporation -- AAMC
(Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - January 24, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
News in Brief: Week of Jan. 19-23
This roundup includes the following news briefs: Review Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome Educational Resources; Smokers, Obese Patients Have Higher Health Care Costs; New Resource Helps Physicians Discuss Weight With Patients; and AAMC Issues Call for Abstracts on Integrating Quality. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - January 23, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AAMC SHAREHOLDER ALERT: LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP Notifies Investors of Class Action Against Altisource Asset Management Corporation and Its Board of Directors and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of March 17, 2015 -- AAMC
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Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - January 22, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
News in Brief: Week of Jan. 5-9
This roundup includes the following news briefs: FDA Approves Gardasil 9 for HPV Prevention, Tips From Former Smokers Campaign Sees Return on Investment, PCORI Recruiting Members for Advisory Panels, AAMC Offers Three Free Publications, and FDA Warns Against Using Wallcur IV Products. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - January 9, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New Answers Will Be Needed to Cure America's Doctor Shortage
In today's rapidly changing American health care system, one problem -- a critical shortage of doctors -- threatens to dwarf all other concerns.
The situation is already bad. The United States has a current shortage of 16,000 primary care physicians, "the very doctors," to quote the AARP, "who offer the treatments and preventative screenings that save lives and head off expensive emergency room visits and hospitalizations." But the situation is getting worse. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the shortage of new doctors will reach 91,500 by 2020. Five years later, that number will climb to ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
133 Organizations Ask Congress to Close the Innovation Deficit
Dear Member of Congress:
The 133 undersigned national business, higher education, scientific, patient, and other organizations write to strongly urge you to pass an omnibus FY2015 appropriations bill this year that includes increased investments in scientific research and higher education needed to help close our nation's innovation deficit.
Members of the Senate and House from both political parties have highlighted the need to address the innovation deficit. Congress has already taken some preliminary steps in this direction. In most instances, individual appropriations bills considered by the House and Senate Appropri...
Source: ActionBioscience - November 12, 2014 Category: Biology Authors: Julie Palakovich Carr Source Type: news
133 Organizations Ask Congress to Close the Innovation Deficit
Dear Member of Congress:
The 133 undersigned national business, higher education, scientific, patient, and other organizations write to strongly urge you to pass an omnibus FY2015 appropriations bill this year that includes increased investments in scientific research and higher education needed to help close our nation's innovation deficit.
Members of the Senate and House from both political parties have highlighted the need to address the innovation deficit. Congress has already taken some preliminary steps in this direction. In most instances, individual appropriations bills considered by the House and Senate Appropri...
Source: ActionBioscience - November 12, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Julie Palakovich Carr Source Type: news
133 Organizations Ask Congress to Close the Innovation Deficit
Dear Member of Congress:
The 133 undersigned national business, higher education, scientific, patient, and other organizations write to strongly urge you to pass an omnibus FY2015 appropriations bill this year that includes increased investments in scientific research and higher education needed to help close our nation's innovation deficit.
Members of the Senate and House from both political parties have highlighted the need to address the innovation deficit. Congress has already taken some preliminary steps in this direction. In most instances, individual appropriations bills considered by the House and Senate Appropri...
Source: ActionBioscience - November 11, 2014 Category: Biology Authors: Julie Palakovich Carr Source Type: news
Dr. Lisa Cooper Wins Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges - 11/10/14
Lisa Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Herbert W. Nickens Award by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 10, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
UofL Trover Campus wins national academic medicine award
(University of Louisville) The Association of American Medical Colleges has awarded its 2014 Shining Star of Community Achievement award to UofL's innovative program to increase the number of physicians in medically underserved regions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 7, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Facts & Figures 2014
Interactive report identifying demographics and practice patterns of the physician workforce that graduated from United States M.D. granting medical schools. A map in Section III provides access to state and county-level physician data. Table 12 in Section V lists primary care and specialist physicians by rural and urban areas and by race/ethnicity. -- Association of American Medical Colleges (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - November 5, 2014 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Dr. A. Eugene Washington lauded for leadership in improving nation's health care
Vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, Dr. A. Eugene Washington will receive the David E. Rogers Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) at the association’s annual meeting on Nov. 8 in Chicago. He is being honored as a medical school faculty member who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people.
Co-sponsored by the AAMC, the most prominent organization representing medical schools and teaching hospitals in the United States, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the award is named for Dr. David E. ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 3, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Medical students who previously attended community college more likely to serve in poor communities
IMPACT
The community college system represents a potential source of student diversity for medical schools and physicians who will serve poor communities; however, there are significant challenges to enhancing the pipeline from community colleges to four-year universities to medical schools. The authors recommend that medical school and four-year university recruitment, outreach and admissions practices be more inclusive of community college students.
FINDINGS
Researchers from UCLA, UC San Francisco and San Jose City College found that, among students who apply to and attend medical school, those from underrepresented mino...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 22, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
UCLA physicians now available via LiveHealth Online
Doctors from UCLA Health System will be available on your smartphone, tablet or laptop beginning this week through LiveHealth Online, a telehealth solution for business travelers, busy parents, students away at college or anybody else who needs non-emergency medical attention when their own doctors are not available.
“LiveHealth Online represents a true shift in health care delivery by using technology to make health care easier to access and more consumer friendly,” said John Jesser, vice president of provider engagement strategy for Anthem Blue Cross. “We’re delighted to have UCLA doctors join us to provide hig...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 16, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
