Med Schools Fear Lack of Residency Slots, Training Sites Med Schools Fear Lack of Residency Slots, Training Sites
Medical school enrollment is up 33% since 2002, the AAMC says, but many are worried that residency slots and clinical training site availability are not keeping up.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news
Medical group shares dos and don'ts of wearing a face mask
In an attempt to get every American behind the idea of wearing a face mask -- and behind an actual face mask -- to slow the spread of Covid-19, the Association of American Medical Colleges on Wednesday released simple, straight-forward national guidance for the public. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ACP, Others Call on Schools to Waive the MCAT for 2021 Cycle ACP, Others Call on Schools to Waive the MCAT for 2021 Cycle
The Association of American Medical Colleges, however, says keeping the test is the only fair solution and that MCAT-optional and online solutions would introduce a different kind of inequity.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - August 7, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news
President Trump Is Working to Undermine Dr. Fauci Even as Coronavirus Cases Spike
(WASHINGTON) — With U.S. virus cases spiking and the death toll mounting, the White House is working to undercut its most trusted coronavirus expert, playing down the danger as President Donald Trump pushes to get the economy moving before he faces voters in November.
The U.S. has become a cautionary tale across the globe, with once-falling cases now spiraling. However, Trump suggests the severity of the pandemic that has killed more than 135,000 Americans is being overstated by critics to damage his reelection chances.
Trump on Monday retweeted a post by Chuck Woolery, once the host of TV’s “Love Connect...
Source: TIME: Health - July 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 overnight wire Source Type: news
Medical Schools Voice Support For Fauci Amid White House Attacks
The Association of American Medical Colleges is "concerned and alarmed" by the Trump administration efforts to undercut the U.S.'s top infectious disease expert. (Source: Science - The Huffington Post)
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 13, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: news
Legislation Introduced to Provide COVID-19 Relief to Research Community
On June 24, 2020, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced bipartisan legislation to provide emergency relief appropriations for federal science agencies to support the research community during the ongoing public health crisis.
The Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act (H.R. 7308), sponsored by Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Fred Upton (R-MI), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), would authorize approximately $26 billion in supplemental funding for federal research agencies to be awarded to research universities, independen...
Source: Public Policy Reports - July 6, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Physician Shortage Grows in Latest Projections Physician Shortage Grows in Latest Projections
AAMC now estimates the shortage of PCPs and specialty physicians being between 54,100 and 139,000 by 2033, up from 46,900 to 121,900 in 2032. COVID-19 will have both long- and short-term effects.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - June 26, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
How Does the New Immigration Order Affect the Medical Community? How Does the New Immigration Order Affect the Medical Community?
The Association of American Medical Colleges criticizes the restrictions on new visas for other IMGs who want to come to the United States to train and work in healthcare or to do medical research.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - June 26, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
2020 Health Equity Call for Research: AAMC Consumer Survey of Health Care Access
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Workforce Studies team and Health Equity Research and Policy team are seeking health equity-focused research proposals with research questions that can be answered using data from the AAMC Consumer Survey of Health Care Access. Applicants must be participants in AAMC Collaborative for Health Equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE). Research proposals are due July 24, 2020. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - June 15, 2020 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
NIH Terminates Bat Coronavirus Research Grant
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has terminated a grant supporting research in China on how coronaviruses spread from bats to humans, according to a report in Politico.
The decision followed unverified reports from U.S. lawmakers and conservative media suggesting that the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, which employs a Chinese virologist who had been receiving funding from the NIH grant in question. Seven days before the grant was terminated, President Trump, when asked about the project, said, “We will end that gra...
Source: Public Policy Reports - May 11, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Supporting Clinician Well-Being During COVID-19
Source: National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Published: 5/7/2020.
The key objectives of this one-hour, 28-minute webinar include describing the existing clinician burnout crisis prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the goals of the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience; identifying the critical needs and priorities to support the well-being of clinicians, including those in their formative years of training, during the COVID-19 era; and spotlighting programs, resources, and leadership efforts currently underway to address and monitor the acute and long-term mental health and well-being of clinicians on ...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Medical expert shares warning about insufficient coronavirus test access
In a recent letter sent to the White House coronavirus task force, Association of American Medical Colleges President Dr. David Skorton called for more federal involvement in the COVID-19 testing process. Americans are still having trouble accessing tests, which Skorton says are necessary to understand what the country is "dealing with." Dr. Tara Narula speaks to Skorton about his warning to the White House. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meet the Medical Students Becoming Doctors in the Middle of a Pandemic
Everything hit Nick Martin when he picked up the phone.
Martin, 26, had expected to start a family medicine residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center this summer, after graduating from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). But with a surge of COVID-19 cases expected to hit the state in the coming weeks, the school allowed Martin and his classmates to graduate on March 31, so they could begin working as first-year residents in the UMass hospital system.
That’s how Martin found himself on April 8 in a white coat, calling into a coronavirus patient’s room and trying on a new name...
Source: TIME: Health - April 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams and Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
COVID-19 Clinical Guidance Repository
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Published: 4/8/2020.
This Guidance Repository includes content from academic medical centers about COVID-19 as a resource for hospitals and clinicians across the United States. The goal is to identify, summarize, and highlight areas of alignment in clinical practice during the pandemic.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Congress Passes Third Coronavirus Relief Package, Includes Research Funding
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” or “CARES Act,” the largest economic stimulus package in U.S. history to address economic impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. President Trump signed the measure on the same day. The $2 trillion stimulus package includes economic relief measures to help individuals, small businesses, and “severely distressed” industry sectors deal with the impacts of the outbreak. Funds are also provided to support coronavirus-related research.
The legislation provides $4.3 billion to the Centers for Dis...
Source: Public Policy Reports - March 30, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
