Texas Tech Agrees To Stop Using Race in Med School Admissions Texas Tech Agrees To Stop Using Race in Med School Admissions
The AAMC notes that the agreement does not change current law and said it will continue to support the use of race in the holistic admissions process.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news
Kaiser Permanente ’s New Medical School Will Be Free for Its First 5 Graduating Classes
Kaiser Permanente’s new medical school will be free to attend for its first five graduating classes, the school announced Tuesday.
The newly formed Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine will begin accepting applications from prospective students in June 2019, following the receipt of primary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, Kaiser announced in a release. The school, which will be located in Pasadena, Calif., will welcome its first class of students in the summer of 2020. Those students, as well as the four following classes, will attend the school for free for all four years of their medi...
Source: TIME: Health - February 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthytime medicine onetime Source Type: news
Medical School Applicants and Enrollees Increasingly Diverse Medical School Applicants and Enrollees Increasingly Diverse
Significant increases in the number of women and black men entering US medical schools were seen in 2018, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news
Geisel Students Chad Lewis and Alex Lindqwister Receive National Recognition
Two Geisel medical students were recognized during the Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting for their demonstrated leadership and commitment to diversity. Chad Lewis ’20 has received a prestigious Herbert W. Nickens Scholarship award, and Alex Lindqwister ’21, was elected national chair of the AAMC Organization of Student Representatives. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - November 14, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Education Insider News AAMC awards diversity leadership medical students Source Type: news
Medical College of Wisconsin ’s Kerschner named chair-elect to national association
Dr. Joseph Kerschner of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa has been named chair-elect of the board of directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Washington, D.C.
Kerschner serves as dean of the Medical College of Wisconsin School of Medicine, and provost and executive vice president of the Medical College of Wisconsin. He became dean of the School of Medicine and executive vice president of the Medical College of Wisconsin in November 2011 after serving 10 months… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - November 12, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Todd Bragstad Source Type: news
HHS Launches Review of Fetal Tissue Research
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a statement on September 24, 2018 announcing that it has launched a review of all research and acquisitions involving human fetal tissue. The agency, which funds through the National Institutes of Health a significant portion of U.S. biomedical research, indicated that it will look into adequate alternatives to the use of human fetal tissue in HHS funded research and will ensure that efforts to develop such alternatives are funded.
According to the statement, “HHS has initiated a comprehensive review of all research involving fetal tissue to ensure consistency...
Source: Public Policy Reports - October 16, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
BioVentures Boot Camp Wins National Recognition
The Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp run by BioVentures recently won a national award, the second-place Innovations Research & Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - October 8, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news
HHS Launches Review of Fetal Tissue Research
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a statement on September 24, 2018 announcing that it has launched a review of all research and acquisitions involving human fetal tissue. The agency, which funds through the National Institutes of Health a significant portion of U.S. biomedical research, indicated that it will look into adequate alternatives to the use of human fetal tissue in HHS funded research and will ensure that efforts to develop such alternatives are funded.
According to the statement, “HHS has initiated a comprehensive review of all research involving fetal tissue to ensure consistency...
Source: Public Policy Reports - October 5, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Groups See Progress in CMS's EHR Approach in Hospital Rule Groups See Progress in CMS's EHR Approach in Hospital Rule
AMA, AAMC compliment CMS on new rules on reporting data, while pressing for further changes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Medical Schools Rip Trump Move Against Race Consideration At Universities
The Association of American Medical Colleges is “deeply concerned” that the Trump administration is rescinding guidance on consideration of race in university admission. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 4, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Contributor Source Type: news
AAMC Health Equity Systems Year 2 Progress Reports - Session 2
July 13, 2018 1:30-3:00pm ET. Join AAMC to review and provide feedback on what 10 academic health centers from across the country have accomplished after 2 years of efforts to " Build a Systems Approach to Community Health and Health Equity " . Topics include prenatal care, smoking cessation, chronic disease, childhood obesity, and coordinated institutional health equity system. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - June 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
AAMC Health Equity Systems Year 2 Progress Reports - Session 1
July 12, 2018 1:30-3:00pm ET. Join AAMC to review and provide feedback on what 10 academic health centers from across the country have accomplished after 2 years of efforts to " Build a Systems Approach to Community Health and Health Equity " . Topics include food insecurity, contact-sport concussion prevention, health-harming legal needs, unplanned pregnancy and opiate overdose reduction. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - June 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
2018 AAMC Annual Meeting
November 2-6, 2018; Austin, TX. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - June 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Trump ’s Immigration Policies Are Making It Harder for Foreign Doctors to Work in the U.S. — And That Could Hurt Patients
For the past four years, Daniel, an Israeli-born doctor completing a medical residency in the U.S., has secured an H-1B visa for temporary specialized workers without a hitch. But this May, without warning, the government put his status in the U.S. in danger.
Daniel, who withheld his last name for fear of retaliation, is one of many foreign-born medical residents across the country who have received visa rejections or delays since mid-April — similar to rejections thousands of H-1B applicants in other high-paying industries have recently received — prompting a flurry of legal activity from medical groups, hospi...
Source: TIME: Health - June 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthytime medicine onetime Source Type: news
