Flu, Pneumonia Vaccination Tied to Lower Dementia Risk Flu, Pneumonia Vaccination Tied to Lower Dementia Risk
Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination may lower risk for the development of Alzheimer ' s disease in older adults, two large observational studies suggest.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - July 28, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Psychiatry Trainees Drive COVID-19 Palliative Care in New York Psychiatry Trainees Drive COVID-19 Palliative Care in New York
In New York this past spring, one hospital system met the growing demand for palliative care for COVID-19 patients in acute care and emergency settings by training and redeploying psychiatry trainees.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - July 22, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Ventilators Going to Countries That Don't Need or Can't Use Them Ventilators Going to Countries That Don't Need or Can't Use Them
Without carefully assessing each country ' s health care expertise and making sure hospitals can keep the machines running, the donations may be wasted or risk patients ' lives.ProPublica (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - July 16, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Medicine Must Dismantle Racism With Academic Rigor Medicine Must Dismantle Racism With Academic Rigor
Pediatrician Patricia Poitevien says she experienced race and gender discrimination in both her training and later career. Now she is careful to ensure her advisees know that possibilities abound.Medscape Pediatrics (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - July 13, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Pediatrics Commentary Source Type: news
As a Black Psychiatrist, She Is'Exhausted' and'Furious'As a Black Psychiatrist, She Is'Exhausted' and'Furious '
When Nzinga Harrison talks about her experiences as a Black woman in medicine to White people, they ' re shocked. Black people, she says, tell her ' that sounds about right. 'Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - July 9, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Psychiatry 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
New Guidance to Optimize Antipsychotic Treatment New Guidance to Optimize Antipsychotic Treatment
Therapeutic blood monitoring of antipsychotics can tell you if your patient is receiving a therapeutic dose and flag possible nonadherence.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - May 29, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
A COVID Commencement Speech: What New Docs Have Lost, Gained A COVID Commencement Speech: What New Docs Have Lost, Gained
Restrictions due to the pandemic resulted in the cancellation of traditional medical school commencements. One speaker reflects on what new doctors gain from losing these important celebrations.Medscape Med Students (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - May 27, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Students Commentary Source Type: news
COVID-19 and Healthcare Rationing: A Disabled Doc's View COVID-19 and Healthcare Rationing: A Disabled Doc's View
A disabled emergency medicine physician offers himself as an example of the tough choices COVID-19 may force doctors to make when it comes to healthcare rationing.Medscape Med Students (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - May 21, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Students Commentary Source Type: news
Med Students Aren't Prepared for Virtual Clinical Exams Med Students Aren't Prepared for Virtual Clinical Exams
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, assessments like the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) are being administered virtually. For some students, this is their first exposure to telemedicine.Medscape Med Students (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - May 8, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Students Commentary Source Type: news
' Crucible of Crisis': Cardiology Fellows Adapt During COVID-19'Crucible of Crisis': Cardiology Fellows Adapt During COVID-19
Cardiology fellows-in-training report on their experiences and challenges associated with launching careers during a pandemic.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - April 23, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
' Like Russian Roulette': Why HCPs Are So Scared of COVID-19'Like Russian Roulette': Why HCPs Are So Scared of COVID-19
Healthcare workers have a different experience with COVID-19--and they ' re scared, says Dr F. Perry Wilson. It ' s not the death rate that they find so frightening, but the death variance. He explains.Medscape (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - April 14, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
Tokyo Hospital Trainees Test Positive for Coronavirus After Party Tokyo Hospital Trainees Test Positive for Coronavirus After Party
One of Japan ' s most prestigious hospitals apologized for an"unforgivable blunder" after 40 trainee doctors attended a drinking party and 18 subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - April 8, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
' Thinnest Threads of Evidence' for COVID-19 Treatments'Thinnest Threads of Evidence' for COVID-19 Treatments
Potential treatments for COVID-19 may be emerging, but the landscape remains ' bleak, ' says Dr Paul Auwaerter.Medscape Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - March 27, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
Bad Behavior by Medical Trainees Target of New Proposal Bad Behavior by Medical Trainees Target of New Proposal
A"just culture" framework that borrows from the system for evaluating medical errors would help trainees and institutions learn from lapses in professionalism, experts said.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - February 28, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news
