2018 Lime Connect Fellowship Program for Students with Disabilities
The 2018 Lime Connect Fellowship Program for students with disabilities prepares them for the recruitment process, and connects them with world leading corporations for potential summer internships (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 20, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: Scholarships Source Type: news
CBO Summer Internships
CBO summer internships provide an excellent opportunity for graduate students in economics, public policy, health policy, or finance to participate in CBO ' s analysis and to observe budget and economic policymaking at close hand. These paid internships are located in Washington, D.C. and normally last 10 weeks. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - March 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Sudan:Medical Strike Deepens in El Gezira
[Radio Dabanga] El Gezira -Yesterday 700 interns refused to return to the hospitals of Sudan's El Gezira state in solidarity with the medical specialists and specialists' assistants who joined the strike last week. The state has seen strikes by medical staff over payment delays since January. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 23, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda:Medical Interns On Strike Again Over Delayed Allowances
[Monitor] Kampala -More than 900 medical interns in public hospitals across the country have again gone on strike over delayed allowances and chronic lack of medical supplies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 8, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Member Highlights: Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, Rochester, NY
NNLM MAR is pleased to share successes of health outreach projects and activities in our region. Learn what your amazing colleagues are doing to increase access to quality health information for the communities they serve.
Library Resource Outreach Center / Health Central
Health Central office space
Homelessness is a public health issue according to the CDC. Central is the daytime shelter for Rochester’s homeless. In response, Central created the Library Resource Outreach Center (LROC) and Health Central (HC); no eligibility standards, no appointments necessary. LROC is a collaboration between the library and huma...
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - February 7, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Hannah Sinemus Tags: Member Highlights Source Type: news
Namibia:Foreign-Trained Medical Graduates Attend Refresher Course
[New Era] Windhoek -Sixty-seven medical graduates and interns who were trained abroad on Saturday participated in a refresher course designed to introduce them to medical conditions common in Namibia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 15, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Virtual Internship Program Brings Students Across the Country to IHS
Blog post from the Indian Health Service (IHS) about their Virtual Student Federal Service, a virtual internship. Interns spend 10 hours a week working on their projects to enhance IHS' ability to deliver quality care. Some of these projects include producing bilingual Navajo and English videos for Rural Health Clinics, creating a sexual assault locator map for IHS, and creating social media strategies and campaigns for health promotion. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - December 20, 2017 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
A High Value Care Curriculum for Interns A High Value Care Curriculum for Interns
The implementation of a high value care curriculum targeted at intern physicians can help promote value-based care.Postgraduate Medical Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students Journal Article Source Type: news
Geisel Graduate Students Selected for Entrepreneurs ’ Fellowship Program
Two outstanding graduate student researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine, Heidi Chapman and Riley Hampsch, are gaining knowledge and skills in the biotechnology sector as recipients of 2017 Dartmouth SYNERGY/Celdara Medical High-Potential Entrepreneurs’ Fellowships. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - December 6, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Insider News Features grad students internships PEMM research Source Type: news
Health Career Connection Internships
Comprehensive paid summer internship program for undergraduate students and recent college graduates in health care and public health. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - December 6, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Uganda:Comment - Understanding the Doctors' Strike
[Independent (Kampala)] Ugandan doctors opted to strike over poor remunerations, which they say compromise their work ethic. The doctors' plight is understandable. Doctors in public facilities earn, on average, about US$300 per month. This level of abuse is unheard of anywhere in the world. In Kenya, the recent doctors' industrial action ended with a decent settlement where interns earn US$ 1,900 and the highest consultants earn about US$5600 a month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 28, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan:Dispute Between West Darfur Hospital and Striking Interns
[Radio Dabanga] El Geneina -Interns at hospitals in West Darfur started an open-ended strike on Wednesday against the monthly incentive of SDG1,000 ($149) instead of double. The interns risk being dismissed as the hospital claims the amount is appropriate. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 20, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Higher Rates of Depression in Female Interns Explained Higher Rates of Depression in Female Interns Explained
Work-family conflicts appear to largely explain higher rates of depression in female medical interns in comparison with their male counterparts.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Duty hour compliance: a survey of U.S. Military medical interns and residents - Blitz JB, Rogers AE, Polmear MM, Owings AJ.
OBJECTIVE: In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) modified its duty hour standards for interns and residents. This was done, in part, because of a belief that increased compliance with these standards was needed to positi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 6, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Higher Work Hours Linked to Depressive Symptoms for Interns
Estimated change from baseline in the PHQ - 9 score increased with increasing work hours (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - October 12, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Pathology Source Type: news
