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It was an uncomfortable few years for the University at Buffalo Medical School and for all of Western New York when the school lost its accreditation for its surgery and pediatric surgery residency programs.
Not only is the Medical School a big player in the regional economy, its profile and its influence are about to rise significantly as the school prepares to move from the universitys South Campus to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus in downtown Buffalo.
The programs lost their accreditation in 2011, and while there has been no formal explanation, issues apparently included an insufficient number of faculty doing research, failure to comply with a directive to limit residents work weeks to 80 hours and poor communications between residents and supervising doctors.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education acted last week to restore the programs standing. In 2013, the council also restored the accreditation for UBs dermatology program, which ran into difficulties after four faculty members left. The university reorganized the program and accreditation was restored before the year ended.
These are all welcome and well-deserved outcomes. UB and its Medical School were confronted with significant challenges that could have undermined their reputations, and with them, their ability to recruit top faculty and students.
They met the challenges and kept alive the promise of the UB Medical School for providing skilled doctors and creating a powerful and synergistic new health economy in Buffalo.
Still, it is troubling that matters were ever allowed to get so far as to threaten the accreditation of these programs. In particular, having been warned by the council in 2003 to limit residents work weeks to 80 hours, why was that very issue able to threaten the Medical Schools standing nine years later?
The UB Medical School is about to become even more important to the regional economy. The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is developing into something approaching a world-class health care destination, and the Medical School will play an integral role in its success when it opens its doors there in 2016.
It wont do for a key component of Buffalos expanding health care economy to be periodically threatened with extinction. This is the time for leaders of the university to ensure that the Medical School has in place systems and practices that will keep the school well within the councils good graces.
For today, though, it is enough to celebrate the reaccreditation of these critical programs. There was a threat and it has now passed. Thats good news.
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HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - The dean of the new medical school in South Texas said Wednesday he will concentrate on producing doctors interested in remaining in the medically underserved region.
Dr. Francisco Fernandez said one of his goals for the School of Medicine at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley is to attract future doctors with ties to the area.
This will be an opportunity for them to study medicine, stay where their families are, and serve their community, Fernandez said at a news conference in Harlingen.
Fernandez, 62, said he will also focus on bringing in those interested in Hispanic health issues, which in the Valley would focus on high rates of obesity and diabetes in its predominantly Hispanic communities.
There is no place for anyone who wants to have a dedication to Hispanic health, he said. The place they will want to be is here.
A recent study found the area has higher rates of obesity and diabetes than the rest of the state and nation, with nearly one-third of South Texans classified as obese. About one in nine has been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a study published in August by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
One of Fernandezs first tasks will be to hire a diabetologist, said Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio.
We want the schools focus to mean something to the people in the Valley, Gonzalez-Scarano said.
UT Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, a surgeon from Laredo, said part of the strategy to increase the number of physicians in the fast-growing border region includes providing medical students with residency programs at hospitals in the area.
There is not a critical mass of residency slots so having a medical school and residency slots is the answer, Cigarroa said.
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An outsiders perception of the life of a medical student likely consists of a tedious courseload and hours spent memorizing facts and processes. But, more than a few books aside, more experiences outside of a lab lie ahead for those aspiring to become a healthcare professional.
In a lecture Tuesday, Joseph Kolars, senior associate dean for education and global initiatives at the Medical School, emphasized the development of a curriculum that produces socially aware students. The lecture occurred as part of a series of town hall meetings aimed at professors, researchers, students and other members of the Medical School community.
The town hall series exists to allow the community to take part in discussions about important issues related to the Medical School and offer a variety of perspectives on changes that will affect them. Tuesdays meeting was the fifth in the series, which was first announced in the fall.
Kolars said this lecture was focused on advising professors to step back and reconsider the central ideas of success within the Medical School before developing a new curriculum.
While the series emphasizes change within the Medical School, Kolars addressed why many people ask, If the school is doing so well, why do we need to change?
Kolars lecture responded to this question with the suggestion that conversations shift from romanticizing quantitative successes of the past and instead focus on creating a conscious student that can be an agent of change.
The first reflex to What should we be teaching? is Well, whats on the test? What does the board say? And this is not necessarily a well-reasoned position in terms of whats foundational and what we should be working on, Kolars said.
He added that an emphasis on test scores and placement rates may blind educators to the evolution of other relevant topics that should be woven into Medical School curriculum. Kolars said the impetus to create a well-rounded curriculum stems from broader societal changes.
Society is asking for a different kind of health system, he said. The public wants more quality and value for their dollar, they want a system that is easier to work with, where theres more access and one they can understand better when it comes down to making choices. This shouldnt just be based on advertisements on TV or hype; we should be able to help address that.
He added that the school must address the importance of diversity with conversations rather than numbers or quotas.
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Medical students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, on Tuesday protested what they described as school fee extortion by the management of the university.
Carrying placards with various inscriptions, they stormed the Ogun State House of Assembly, demanding an immediate stoppage of the fees.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the inscriptions read, Injustice is cruel and it breeds anger; we will not pay illegal school fees; stop this unnecessary student extortion, and Who will pay for my 10-year fee in a six year course?
The President of the OOU Medical Students Association, Mr. Yemi Adegbesan, alleged that the Vice-Chancellor of the school, Prof Sabur Adesanya, had asked them to pay an extra two years illegal fee.
According to him, the medical school curriculum runs for six years, which automatically requires them to pay for six sessions with or without strike actions by academic or non-academic staff of the institution.
Is Prof. Saburi Adesanya above the law? He has refused to allow final year medical students from OOU do their induction just because he wants them to pay two extra school fees each.
This is a wicked illegality that is unprecedented in the history of university education in Nigeria. The students have extra time in school because of unions strikes.
We had, on December 17, written a petition to the Assembly on the issue, but up till now, nothing has been done and that is why we are back, he said.
Adegbesan pleaded with the Speaker of the Assembly to wade into the matter as time is not on the side of the final year students.
Addressing the protesters, the Speaker, Suraj Adekunbi, assured them that the lawmakers would look into the matter with a view to finding a lasting solution to it.
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Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Urology Volume 36, Issue 23: Radiation Exposure/Urethral Complications.
The goals of this program are to improve diagnosis and treatment of stone disease and posterior urethral complications in patients with prostate cancer. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:
1. Conduct a frank discussion about exposure to radiation with a patient who has renal stones, encompassing lifetime risks, the need for accurate diagnosis, and the statements recently issued by the American College of Radiology. 2. List indications for computed tomography in patients with renal stones. 3. Discuss alternative imaging techniques and emerging technologies aimed at decreasing the dose of radiation required to diagnose and treat patients with urinary tract stones. 4. Discuss diagnosis and treatment of postoperative and postradiotherapy complications in the posterior urethra in patients previously treated for prostate cancer. 5. Compare the prognosis of posterior urethral complications encountered after surgery vs radiation therapies for prostate cancer.
The original programs were presented by Brian H. Eisner, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery (Urology), Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, and Anthony R. Mundy, MD, Professor of Urology, University College London Hospitals, London, England.
Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, records over 10,000 hours of lectures every year in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychology, and urology, by the leading medical researchers at the top laboratories, universities, and institutions.
Recent researchers have hailed from Harvard, Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, UCSF, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of California, San Diego, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and many others.
Out of these cutting-edge programs, Audio-Digest then chooses the most clinically relevant, edits them for clarity, and publishes them either every week or every two weeks.
In addition, Audio-Digest publishes subscription series in conjunction with leading medical societies: DiabetesInsight with The American Diabetes Association, ACCEL with The American College of Cardiology, Continuum Audio with The American Academy of Neurology, and Journal Watch Audio General Medicine with Massachusetts Medical Society.
For 60 years, the global medical community of doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and other medical professionals around the world has subscribed to Audio-Digest specialty series in order to remain current in their specialties as well as to maintain their Continuing Education requirements with the most cutting-edge, independent, and unbiased continuing medical education (CME).
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Former El Paso Mayor John Cook said the decision by University Medical Center to privatize its anesthesia services will have a disastrous effect on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-Paul L. Foster School of Medicine.
Cook said he heard that UMC may have had some concerns about the administration of the anesthesiology program at Texas Tech, but that these concerns were being addressed.
"Privatization of these services is a dangerous step," Cook said. "I believe it's not too late. This development could ruin the reputation of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. We need to grow the school, not shrink it."
Cook, who spoke before the UMC board on the issue, said an independent third-party arbitrator needs to brings UMC and Texas Tech together to work out any differences that led to the non-renewal of the anesthesia contract with Texas Tech.
Cook said the school of medicine is one of the strategic building blocks for El Paso's economic prosperity in the future, in addition to enhanced health care for the community. The other building blocks include UMC, Texas Tech, the new school of nursing, the El Paso Children's Hospital, and the health education partnerships with El Paso Community College and the University of Texas at El Paso.
Dr. Gabor Racz, who helped set up the anesthesiology system at TTUHSC-El Paso, said, "I believe it's a huge error which I find very disappointing. Saving money now could lead to preventable deaths in the future. This is not an area (anesthesiology) where you want to cut corners."
Racz, who is based at Texas Tech in Lubbock, said he is voicing his opinion as a medical expert and not on behalf of the university. "I read about what happened, and I felt compelled to advise against this move," Racz said.
University Medical Center officials refused to release bid documents for the top four anesthesia services contract proposals that UMC's board of managers considered before selecting New York-based Somnia Inc. over Texas Tech.
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NOXEN -- Identifying a heart murmur for the first time in her medical career, second-year medical student Brianna Shinn, of Clarks Summit, experienced firsthand the value of an early mentoring program between The Commonwealth Medical College and local medical practices.
The Continuity Mentor program with TCMC offers students a unique opportunity to develop a learning relationship with northeastern Pennsylvania doctors and patients. The integrated learning atmosphere helps to reinforce what the student is learning academically with supervised hands-on experience.
The in-field training only occurs once a week during a three-week period known as Community Weeks for first- and second-year students. The students shadow the physicians -- learning how to interview the patients and identify any history of family health issues -- and begin to perform the initial exam.
Third-year students continue the program but add the responsibility of figuring out the symptoms of the patient to develop a plan of action. By their fourth year, students will be expected to present a plan of treatment to their mentors.
Shinn and classmate Stephanie Veit, of Chesterfield, Mo., spent Tuesday at the Monroe-Noxen Health Center, a primary care facility in Noxen, with Drs. Krista Civiletti and Gwen Galasso.
The program covers 16 counties in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Wearing the standard white physician's jackets, Veit and Shinn visited with incoming patients.
"I love this office because you see a variety of things," Shinn said.
Shinn's excitement of recognizing a heart murmur comes after just finishing a cardiology and pulmonology unit in class.
"We just finished cardiology and pulmonology," she said. "We had a patient today with COPD and just being able to listen and understand what I was hearing was great."
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Three teams used pairs of ice skates, hockey sticks and pucks to try to change the world by raising $14,500 for patients of pediatric cancer.
In the 2014 Winter Classic Hockey Game on Friday, the Medwings, students and alumni of the New Jersey Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, competed against the Bitewings, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine students and alumni, to fundraise for charity in the Amerihealth Pavilion at Newarks Prudential Center.
This years charity match raised funds for the Sean Hanna Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by RWJMS senior Jessie Hanna in honor of his brother, who died of pediatric cancer at the age of 20.
The organizations purpose is to alleviate burdens from patients of childhood cancers by providing financial support and assistance to them and their families. It also offers undergraduate scholarships to patients and their siblings, Hanna said.
Hanna feels a sense of responsibility toward every family who turns to him for assistance, but he said he has never failed anyone.
My brothers life has inspired me to help other children suffering from cancer, encouraging them to live their lives to the fullest and combat the disease until the end, he said.
The Sean Hanna Foundation is exempt from federal income tax. The organization employs volunteers, therefore all the funds directly benefit the patients and their families.
Additionally, the organization supports pediatric oncology research at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, which devotes its time to discovering innovative approaches for the disease and ultimately finding a cure.
As an undergraduate student, Jessie Hanna was president of Sigma Phi Epsilon while also involving himself in various organizations, including sports clubs and church groups.
He engaged in volunteer work in the Middle East through the international health care organization Project HOPE, Health Opportunities for People Everywhere, which provides general medical assistance. Such an experience reinforced his passion for the medical field.
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David Solomon lay in bed, a sheet draped over his legs.
His darkened bedroom was silent, except for the ticking of a clock on the wall. A box of tissues sat on a bedside table; a Hebrew-and-English siddur, or prayer book, rested on his lap.
The cancer that the 70-year-old cosmetics merchant had held at bay for 12 years was no longer responding to chemo. His breathing was labored, and his morphine-addled gaze wandered. It took all his effort to focus on the white-jacketed medical student who stood next to him.
"Even though we're done treating your lymphoma, we're still here to help," the student said, gently.
"I want to talk about hospice," Solomon croaked.
He had signed paperwork urging doctors to withhold interventions such as a feeding tube during his final weeks and thought he wanted to die here, at home. At the same time, he worried how his decision would affect his family.
"Do I want my family to walk into this room and the last memories be saying goodbye to me?" he asked.
The room fell quiet again. The medical student was still. Two of his classmates, in chairs nearby, dabbed their eyes. One reached past Solomon, grabbed a tissue and blew her nose.
"Time out!" their instructor shouted.
The patient sat up in his bed, pulled a canary-yellow yarmulke off his head and smiled.
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