Geisel School of Medicine Student Amal Cheema Elected to AAMC OSR Administrative Board
Third-year Geisel School of Medicine student Amal Cheema ’23 has been elected to the Association of American Medical College (AAMC) Organization of Student Representatives (OSR) Administrative Board as a National Delegate. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 23, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Education News AAMC Amal Cheema Source Type: news
Dr. Lawrence Chin named to key board of AAMC's Council of Deans
Only 14 deans serve on the administrative board, which oversees and manages the affairs of the council. Chin will serve on the board through 2024. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - February 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
Nicole Borges Appointed to National Leadership Role within AAMC
Nicole J. Borges, PhD, has been named Chair-Elect of the Association of American Medical Colleges Medical Education Scholarship, Research, and Evaluation (MESRE) Section effective immediately. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - January 6, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Education News AAMC Home-feature Nicole Borges Source Type: news
Jump in Diversity Seen in Medical School Applications, Admissions Jump in Diversity Seen in Medical School Applications, Admissions
Latest data from AAMC show increases in both categories for Blacks and Hispanics; women hold onto their lead as number of male first-year students continues to drop.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news
Pay disparities continue to plague women in medicine
Women physicians make “substantially less” than men of any ethnicity, a recent report revealed.
Based on the annual survey of faculty pay by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the analysis considered full-time faculty salaries in academic medicine, and accounted for specialty, rank and degree.
Gender typ ically drove pay disparities, although the report noted Black, indigenous and people of color also make less than white men, even in specialties with a high level of diversity among… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 25, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Caitlin Mullen Source Type: news
He Was Shot by a Stranger but Treated Like a Criminal When He Reached the ER
When Greg Jackson Jr. thinks about the night he was shot, the most painful part of the memory isn’t that he almost died. It’s not the six surgeries he underwent, the half-year bedridden, or the image of his younger cousin using a shirt as a tourniquet to save his life. It’s not even the thought of the gunman.
What brings on a flood of resentment is his reception at the hospital. After he was rolled off the ambulance on a stretcher, still clad in his bloody clothes, police officers—not doctors or nurses—greeted him and began peppering him with questions. Where was he when the shots rang out? W...
Source: TIME: Health - October 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Melissa Chan Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Guns Health Care healthscienceclimate nationpod Source Type: news
An Innovative Washington Law Aims to Get Foreign-Trained Doctors Back in Hospitals
Growing up in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, where people sometimes die of preventable or treatable illnesses like diarrhea, typhoid and malaria, taught Abdifitah Mohamed a painful lesson: adequate health care is indispensable. In 1996, Mohamed’s mother died of septicemia after spending nine months hospitalized for a gunshot wound. Her death, Mohamed says, inspired him to go to medical school, and for about four years he worked to treat the sick and injured in Somalia, Sudan and Kenya.
But Mohamed hasn’t been able to work as a doctor since 2015, when he left for the United States, where his wife emigrate...
Source: TIME: Health - October 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Med Schools ’ Equity Efforts Thwarted by Pandemic
Efforts to improve diversity and equity in academic medicine have been “moved to the back burner” in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, despite a growing need to address racial disparities, said the top diversity expert at the Association of American Medical Colleges. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - August 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic physicians recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges
Mayo Clinic physicians Judith Kaur, M.D. and Thomas R. Viggiano M.D., M.Ed. have been recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges with 2021 AAMC awards. The annual awards honor individuals and institutions making significant contributions to medical education, research, clinical care, and community engagement. Judith Kaur, M.D., Professor of Oncology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Dr. Kaur, of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Florida received The Herbert W. Nickens Award for… (Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News - August 24, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Disaster Day: a simulation-based disaster medicine curriculum for novice learners - Gable BD, Misra A, Doos DM, Hughes PG, Clayton LM, Ahmed RA.
BACKGROUND: Mass casualty and multi-victim incidents have increased in recent years due to a number of factors including natural disasters and terrorism. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recommends that medical students be trained in dis... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
‘I Truly Did Find My Calling.’ Meet the Young People Shaping Health Care’s Post-Pandemic Future
The COVID-19 pandemic has been exhausting for the world’s health care workers, who have spent the last year-plus putting their lives on the line to keep the rest of us safe and healthy. Now, their tireless efforts are inspiring a new generation to join their ranks: applications to U.S. medical schools shot up nearly 20% in fall 2021, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Individual schools are reporting similar spikes—New York University’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing saw a 33% increase in applications this year over the previous year, for instance.
To learn more about the people wh...
Source: TIME: Health - June 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
BU researchers create novel curriculum assessment tool to improve medical education about sexual and gender minority (LGBTQI) populations
(Boston University School of Medicine) Medical education aspires to mitigate bias in future professionals by providing a robust curriculum that includes perspectives and practices for caring for sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTQI) persons. To provide medical schools with a more systematic, uniform approach to teaching these topics in their curriculum, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in 2014 published 30 SGM competencies and topics that curricula should address. However, implementation of these ideals remains challenging. (Sour...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Residency Report Shows New Specialty Data, USMLE Score Changes Residency Report Shows New Specialty Data, USMLE Score Changes
The latest AAMC report on residents shows nearly half of medical graduates changed specialties. It also revealed which specialties had the highest USMLE scores and demographic underrepresentation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news
How U.S. Medical Schools Are Training a Post-Pandemic Generation of Doctors
In February 2019, the Kaiser Permanente health system announced a new kind of medical school. The school would be built “from the ground up” to prepare students for the complexities of the U.S. medical system. The curriculum would emphasize cultural competency, patient and provider well-being, and the elimination of socioeconomic disparities in the medical system. Students would see patients right away, and hands-on learning would replace many lectures. What’s more, the first five graduating classes would pay nothing to attend; Kaiser hoped this would attract a student body more diverse than the typical U...
Source: TIME: Health - November 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Educational Debt of Med School Grads Levels Off: AAMC Report Educational Debt of Med School Grads Levels Off: AAMC Report
In contrast, the cost of attending medical schools has risen rapidly; a quarter of graduates came from affluent families.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Business of Medicine News Source Type: news
