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Contact: Adriana Bobinchock abobinchock@partners.org 617-855-2110 McLean Hospital
Belmont, Mass. Thanks to a $500,000 gift from international best-selling author and mental health advocate Patricia Cornwell, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers will launch a landmark new program that will more fully explore the potential impact of medical marijuana on cognition, brain structure and function. This first-of-its-kind program, known as the Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery (MIND) Program, will also gauge study participants' perceptions of their own quality of life as it relates to medical marijuana treatment.
"We are seeing the country's view on marijuana shift dramatically and now is the time to allow science to inform our policies and our decisions," said Cornwell, who is a member of McLean Hospital's National Council and was presented with the hospital's highest honor in 2012 for her mental health advocacy. "The MIND Program has the potential to revolutionize what we know about medical marijuana and what we think we know."
Despite the move toward the legalization of medical marijuana, with 23 states and the District of Columbia legalizing its use, no published studies to date have assessed its direct and specific potential impact on cognition and brain function. Therefore, it is critical to investigate the impact that medical marijuana has on patients, the results of which could inform the course of treatment, safety guidelines and public policy. As the number of states who have passed medical marijuana laws continues to grow, the "need to know" has never been more important, relevant or timely.
"At this point, policy has vastly outpaced science, with little empirical data available regarding the impact of medical marijuana on cognitive function, despite the legal status of the product in a growing number of states," said lead investigator Staci Gruber, PhD, director of the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core at McLean Hospital and associate professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "Findings from this investigation will ultimately foster a greater understanding of the impact of medical marijuana on cognitive function and brain structure, and may in turn facilitate the examination of the efficacy of marijuana for the different disorders for which it is prescribed."
Marijuana is difficult to standardize and highly variable; consequently, the majority of current research studies investigate the potential therapeutic properties of cannabinoid chemicals delivered in standardized pharmaceuticals that have not yet reached the market, and thus do not represent real life situations. In addition, none thus far have included an assessment of neuropsychological performance before, during and after treatment. As a result, there is a gap in the knowledge between ongoing medical marijuana research, the products currently available to the public, and their relationship to cognitive function.
Thanks to Cornwell's donation, the MIND Program will begin to address that gap.
"Given the considerable difficulty with cognitive function and disrupted mood experienced by patients with severe medical disorders, the addition of marijuana, which has shown promise in alleviating a range of symptoms, could potentially improve cognitive performance," said Gruber. "Equally critical, data showing a loss or impairment of cognitive function following the use of medical marijuana could inform alternative courses of treatment and prevent unjustified exposure to harm, especially in vulnerable populations."
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When the doctors-to-be from Camden wore their white coats outside this month for the first time, a young man pulled his car over and shouted a question: Why are you guys wearing those doctors' costumes?
Samantha and Susana Collazo recognized a former classmate from Brimm Medical Arts High School in the Whitman Park section of the city.
"Oh, we're medical students," replied the Collazos, twins from Cramer Hill who this fall became the first Camden residents to attend Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
"And he said, 'No way! That's so cool!' He was so happy," Samantha Collazo said.
Since returning home for medical school, the sisters have had several such encounters in which they've been encouraged, praised, and supported by strangers, long-lost classmates, neighbors.
There also have been less happy times, when they've seen the deep need for accessible health care in the city.
While volunteering in a halfway house in the city a few summers ago, Samantha and Susana Collazo were stunned to find themselves serving people they knew and had grown up with.
"It was kind of a shock, because we were all exposed to the same environment, but a few of us fell a little behind," said Samantha Collazo, then a Rutgers University-New Brunswick student spending summer 2012 in the Premedical Urban Leaders Summer Enrichment (PULSE) Program at Cooper Medical School.
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Dear Clare - A day in the life of a first year medical student
So here you have a quick overview of a typical Monday in medical school. So far I am loving being here even though it is a lot of work and commitment and not too much time for other things...
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TAMPA As the University of South Florida seeks more state money for a new medical school building, the project's biggest benefactor offered a glimpse Friday of what and where that new structure could be.
Philanthropist Frank Morsani said USF Health officials are strongly considering a downtown campus for third- and fourth-year medical students.
"The majority of the education early on will take place at the main campus, but the last two years, I think the downtown campus makes sense," he said.
Morsani also said Friday he has talked with Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik about making the medical school part of his massive redevelopment project at the southern end of downtown. But he emphasized that no decision had been made.
Later Friday, Vinik's land development company made its clearest statement yet of its interest in the idea.
"We believe that a major medical school in the heart of downtown would be a great positive for the Tampa Bay community and for the University of South Florida," said Jim Shimberg, the chief operating officer of Vinik's Strategic Property Partners.
"We'll continue to follow the lead of Mayor (Bob) Buckhorn and the leadership at USF as they work through the process in identifying potential locations," Shimberg said in a written statement. "We do have the necessary property and a desire to do transformative things with that property. We admire that USF is dreaming big, and we are doing the same thing!"
USF is preparing a pitch next week for more state funding for the new medical school building.
Officials' presentation to a committee of the Florida Board of Governors on Wednesday will include the state portion of the price tag ($62 million) and a size (142,000 square feet). It doesn't say anything about the location.
Still, moving the medical school downtown has been the subject of increasing speculation as Vinik puts together a master plan for his 24 acres near Amalie Arena, as well as the Channelside Bay Plaza shopping center. This week, Vinik paid $150 million for the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina and secured city approval to build a second hotel next to the Marriott.
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Erika Pabo, MD, MBA, Manager of Practice Improvement at the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care explains how making care team-based and patient-centered will meet the challenges...
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SPOKANE Officials for the University of Washington and Washington State University have reached an agreement to go their own ways regarding WSUs proposal to open its own medical school in Spokane.
Last month, WSU announced it would seek state approval to open its own medical school, which would focus on increasing the number of physicians practicing in underserved rural areas.
The UW had opposed that proposal.
On Friday, the schools issued a joint statement saying they had reached a deal that will mutually dissolve their partnership, known by the acronym WWAMI, in which students are trained by the UWs School of Medicine to serve communities in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. The acronym is made up of the first letter of each states name.
Leaders from both schools agreed that the UW and WSU will independently pursue their respective proposals to meet the states medical-education needs and physician shortage.
The two universities have signed a memorandum of understanding that acknowledges both WSUs immediate efforts to secure accreditation for a new medical school and the UW School of Medicines independent pursuit of rapid expansion of its four-year WWAMI program in Spokane.
Much of that work will involve money from the Legislature.
The collective needs of our students, the Spokane community and our state are our top priority, UW President Michael K. Young said.
To this end, the UW remains fully committed to immediately expanding our medical school in Spokane, including a commitment to grow the research, industry-commercialization and medical-residency opportunities that will ensure a vibrant health-care economy well into the future, Young said.
WSU President Elson S. Floyd agreed.
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Human anatomy class is a right of passage for medical school students, but the bodies they dissect tend to be an afterthought. Who can know the story behind this person on the lab table before them and the choices that ultimately brought them there? The opportunity to go to med school tuition free? A strong belief in education? A small gesture that they will continue to have value once theyve shed this mortal coil?
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is hosting its annual body donor memorial today. It is one of many that are held by medical schools around the country, mainly for the benefit of families so they can say good bye to loved ones. It is also a chance for medical school students to humanize the cadavers they dissect. The Medical College receives more than 400 bodies each year, some by families who see it as the most reasonable alternative to a costly funeral.
But it may be a fading practice. Medical schools are increasingly shifting to virtual dissection tools with iPads. Others have compromised. Columbia Medical School, for example uses an iPad app developed by a couple of medical school students that helps students interact with a particular part of the party and zoom in to view skin, muscle, tendons or bone. Its an approach that varies from school to school.
Australia-based Anatomedia developed a virtual cadaver that lets programmers assign tactile qualities and make objects respond to the movement which can be stiffness, and textures like the firmness of muscle or the flabbiness of belly fat. Norman Eizenberg, an associate professor at Monash University, founded the company.
In an interview with Digital Trends, Eizenberg said: A lot of programs across the country are moving to online or digital dissection, For me, I dont get a comprehensive understanding of the location and variation of the anatomy unless I see it myself.
Ellie Farr, a second-year medical students, who is among a medical students group participating in the event said she hoped the shift to digital cadavers would be limited. A lot of programs across the country are moving to online or digital dissection, observed Farr. For me, I dont get a comprehensive understanding of the location and variation of the anatomy unless I see it myself.
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UAs Phoenix medical school expands simulation center for hands-on learning
At the Center for Simulation and Innovation at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, the patients that medical students treat are robots and the cadavers they study are synthetic.
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MEDICC today announced co-founder Gail Reeds inspirational TEDMED talk on the Latin American Medical School (ELAM) has been selected and featured as a TED Talk. The popular TED Talks platform widely shares "Ideas Worth Spreading" and has attracted more than 1 billion views since 2006. Reeds talk Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba highlights the unique mission of ELAM: to train physicians for the people who need them most, offering full scholarships and medical training to low-income students from around the world who pledge to return home to practice medicine in underserved communities.
Since its founding in 2005, Cubas ELAM has graduated 23,000 doctors, with 10,000 more in the pipeline, making it the worlds largest medical school. Graduates come from 83 countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia; and enrollment has grown to 123 nations. More than half the students are young women. The diverse study body represents over 100 ethnic groups.
Explaining why this talk is relevant now, Reed said, Ridden by Ebola today, other emerging infections tomorrow, and always by chronic diseasesour world needs strong health systems, staffed by well-trained and dedicated people. And their education must be the result of enlightened decisions from policymakers who put health first, learning from the likes of the Latin American Medical School to make this kind of education the rule, not the exception.
In addition to its contributions to medical education, Cubas impact on global health includes nearly 500 nurses and doctors on the front lines against Ebola in West Africa. Currently, Cuba has 50,731 health professionals serving in 66 countries, 65% of them women.
MEDICC supports 200 Latin American Medical School students and graduates in the United States, through the Pipeline to Community Service Program; and also aids graduates in Haiti, indigenous communities in Honduras, and in El Salvador. MEDICCs award-winning documentary film Salud! on the Cuban health care system and ELAM is available for free viewing and downloading at http://saludthefilm.net/
Since 1997, MEDICC has worked to enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities aimed at better health outcomes and equity. Its programs also include the PubMed-indexed journal MEDICC Review; educational exchange and programs in Cuba for US participants; and Community Partnerships for Health Equity, engaging with health care and community leaders from places such as South Los Angeles and Oakland, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; The Bronx, New York; and Milwaukee, Wisconson in travel to Cuba to gain insights into Cuban health approaches to improve access and care at home. See: http://www.medicc.org
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Testimonials from ID Medical School #39;s first Clinical Skills Workshop To register your interest in attending one of the workshops visit: http://www.id-medical.com/clinical-skills-workshop.
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