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
Decision to approve Arundel Medical Center cardiac program appealed — again
The multi-year battle over whether Anne Arundel Medical Center will get to host the state ’s newest open heart surgery program continues, as University of Maryland Capital Health Region has appealed a recent court decision on the matter.
A Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge gave the Annapolis hospital legal clearance for the cardiac program on May 22. The decision came after Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) had fought two other nearby hospitals, University of Maryland’s Baltimore… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 7, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Morgan Eichensehr Source Type: news
Decision to approve Arundel Medical Center cardiac program appealed — again
The multi-year battle over whether Anne Arundel Medical Center will get to host the state ’s newest open heart surgery program continues, as University of Maryland Capital Health Region has appealed a recent court decision on the matter.
A Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge gave the Annapolis hospital legal clearance for the cardiac program on May 22. The decision came after Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) had fought two other nearby hospitals, University of Maryland’s Baltimore… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 7, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Morgan Eichensehr Source Type: news
Anne Arundel Medical Center gets judge's OK for cardiac program
Anne Arundel Medical Center has won legal approval to move forward with its plans to add a cardiac surgery program.
A ruling made in the Prince George’s County Circuit Court Tuesday gave the Annapolis hospital legal clearance to host the state’s newest open heart surgery program. The decision comes after Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) has battled two other nearby hospitals, University of Maryland’s Ba ltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC) and Prince George’s Hospital Center (PGHC),… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 23, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Morgan Eichensehr Source Type: news
Anne Arundel Medical Center gets judge's OK for cardiac program
Anne Arundel Medical Center has won legal approval to move forward with its plans to add a cardiac surgery program.
A ruling made in the Prince George’s County Circuit Court Tuesday gave the Annapolis hospital legal clearance to host the state’s newest open heart surgery program. The decision comes after Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) has battled two other nearby hospitals, University of Maryland’s Ba ltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC) and Prince George’s Hospital Center (PGHC),… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 23, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Morgan Eichensehr Source Type: news
2018 Health Equity Research Snapshot
The 2018 Health Equity Research Snapshot highlights seven videos that feature innovative community-partnered research projects at CDC Prevention Research Centers housed within AAMC member medical schools with preventive medicine residency programs. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - May 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
AAMC Study Co-Authored by Einstein Faculty Examines Career Trends Among M.D.-Ph.D. Program Graduates
May 22, 2018—(BRONX, NY)—A new study published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), coauthored by Einstein’sMyles Akabas, M.D., Ph.D., finds that most graduates of M.D.-Ph.D. programs continue in work consistent with their training—conducting research, developing new diagnostics, devices and treatments, and helping train the next generation of scientists and clinicians. Dr. Akabas, professor of physiology& biophysics, of medicine, and in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, is the director ofEinstein’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), one of 48 f...
Source: Einstein News - May 22, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
PCORI's Achievements in Health Research and Future Outlook (AAMC Research on Care Community Webinar)
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm EDT (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - May 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Geisel Clerkship Director Receives Excellence in Medical Education Award
Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, Hilary Ryder, MD, MS, FACP received an Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Excellence in Medical Education award for her research, “Understanding what we say: varying cultural competency amongst faculty evaluators on the internal medicine clerkship.” (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - May 2, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Education Insider News education research faculty recognition Hilary Ryder medical education Source Type: news
AAMC Upcoming Webinars
Webinars covering a range of topics from federal regulations to implementation science. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
NIH and AAMC present: The All of Us Research Program -- Participant Centered Precision Medicine
March 19, 2018 2:00-3:00pm ET. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - March 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
UCLA pediatrician inspires humanism in young doctors
Dr. Lee Miller ’s journey began, as many do, with a train ride. Thirty years ago, he was a UCLA assistant professor traveling from Philadelphia to New York. After threading his way through the crowded aisles of every car, he eyed the last three vacant seats in the caboose.“I chose a fortuitous seat next to an elderly gentleman from Shanghai,” Miller recalled recently in a special address to UCLA medical students. “He was a pediatrician teaching students, just like me.”The ride passed quickly as the older physician recounted stories about his work in global health. When the two exchanged business cards at the end ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 3, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
A dose of inspiration – ‘Black Men in White Coats’ – is just what the doctor ordered
The nation ’s medical schools have too few black male medical students. That’s the cold, hard reality according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which found that the number of black men enrolled in U.S. medical schools declined from 1978 to 2014 — from 542 to just 515.Now, theDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a handful of other medical schools are aiming to change that dismal reality with an unprecedented video outreach campaign.“We have a responsibility as a medical school to welcome the best and brightest young people from an array of ethnicities and social backgrounds to consider a c...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 2, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
UMBC produces more black M.D., PhD graduates than any other U.S. school
University of Maryland, Baltimore County produces more black M.D. and Ph.D. degree-earners than any other college in the country, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
In total, 44 UMBC alumni who identify as African American or black earned M.D.-Ph.D. degrees. These degrees indicate a combined scientific and medical education and are typically sought by students who want to conduct research in a medical setting. Since 2000, 413 black men and women have earned… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Morgan Eichensehr Source Type: news
Vermont Medical School Ceases All Lectures from Curriculum and Adopts “Active Learning” Techniques for Teaching Next Generation of Physicians
Professor-led classroom lectures end as students are expected to do much of their traditional learning outside of class. Will this influence how many medical students go on to choose pathology for their residency? Medical Colleges, hospital universities, and healthcare trade schools nationwide are considering “Active Learning” techniques to replace lectures. These bastions of higher education—where […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - December 1, 2017 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jude Tags: Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Management & Operations News From Dark Daily AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges Charles Prober MD Chip Heath PhD Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Weste Source Type: news
