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Touro University eager to partner with UNLV on a medical school

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Former U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV) speaks about the need for Nevada residency programs during an editorial board meeting at the Las Vegas Sun offices Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Berkley is the new CEO and senior provost of the Touro College and University system in Nevada andCalifornia.

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Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 | midnight

Six weeks after taking the helm of Touro University Nevada, Shelley Berkley said her private medical school is willing to partner with UNLV in its quest to create the first public medical school in Southern Nevada.

The former Democratic congresswoman said Thursday she plans to have a conversation with UNLV acting President Don Snyder about a potential partnership between the two universities in due time. Berkley recently became the CEO and senior provost of New York-based Touro Universitys Western Division, which includes its osteopathic medical school in Henderson.

The idea came to Berkley when Touro University President and CEO Alan Kadish visited her campus earlier this week, she said. Upon hearing that UNLV was planning to create its own medical school, Kadish suggested that Touro could partner with UNLV to help solve Nevadas physician shortage.

Berkley, a former Nevada regent for eight years, said she doesnt know what a potential partnership between the two schools could look like. However, she was encouraged by Kadishs interest, she said.

I didnt realize we could be that creative, Berkley said of Kadishs proposal. Touro could provide just about any program that this state needs. We should be discussing in this state anything that could increase the number of physicians and health care providers.

This news comes as UNLV is working with the University of Nevada School of Medicine to kickstart an allopathic medical school in Las Vegas. Nevadas higher education leaders have approved an agreement that would allow UNLV to create its own medical school using the UNR medical schools accreditation, and eventually becoming an independently accredited institution.

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Western colleges find common ground on Malaysia campus

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NUSAJAYA, February 21, 2014 (AFP) - At Newcastle University's medical school, students tread red-brick paths through a green campus bearing Victorian touches in a scene that befits a top college in northern England.

But this setting is sweltering tropical Malaysia, where select departments of several European universities have joined in a shared-campus concept to tap growing Asian demand for sought-after Western degrees.

Distance and cost concerns combine to keep many Asian students and Western universities apart.

But the shared nature of facilities in the 123-hectare (305-acre) "EduCity" in southern Malaysia, and resulting lower start-up costs, allows institutions to gain an Asian foothold while passing savings on to students.

Malaysian student Kanesh Rajoo pays just 60 percent of the 120,000-pound tuition ($200,000) charged at Newcastle University Medical School's UK campus and saves a small fortune in British living costs.

"Because of the reputation of obtaining a recognised UK degree, I will probably have an upper hand (in Malaysia's job market) as compared to those from a local university," Kanesh said while studying in NUMed's spacious library.

Multi-university concepts have been tried elsewhere with mixed success but the Malaysian government project hopes to set itself apart by cherry-picking respected individual university departments.

Colleges, meanwhile, get a slice of a growing education market in developing Asia.

Non-EU enrollment in universities in Britain grew by 20 percent to 300,000 students from 2008 to 2012, according to the British government. It forecasts four million students per year will seek study abroad globally by 2024, one-third of them from China and India.

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Berkley says Nevada should be focused on creating more residency programs for medical students

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Former U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV) speaks about the need for Nevada residency programs during an editorial board meeting at the Las Vegas Sun offices Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Berkley is the new CEO and senior provost of the Touro College and University system in Nevada andCalifornia.

By Paul Takahashi (contact)

Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 | midnight

Former Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley told the Las Vegas Sun editorial board on Thursday that she hasn't taken a position on the UNLV medical school.

The UNLV alumna who recently became CEO and senior provost of Touro University Nevada said she wants to see her alma mater grow and succeed and have a national reputation.

However, Berkley acknowledged the high costs of starting and maintaining a medical school.

Health care consultant Tripp Umbach estimates that constructing an UNLV medical school could cost $80 million. Once finished, however, the UNLV medical school could have an annual economic impact of around $1.2 billion, according to the consultants.

Instead of pouring millions of dollars into creating a new medical school, Berkley said Nevada should consider ways to create more hospital and health clinic residencies for current medical students. Research shows that more than two-thirds of medical school graduates stay in the state where they complete their residencies.

It would seem to me at this moment in time the best expenditure of our state tax dollars if we want to improve the medical system is to create more residency programs, Berkley said. It doesnt do us any good to graduate more medical students if we are educating them to go to other states.

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Fort Chaffee Donates Land to Osteopathic Medical School in Fort Smith

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The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday donated 200 acres to a project that aims to open an osteopathic medical school there by fall 2017.

The Fort Smith Regional Healthcare Foundation said its board of trustees had voted to move ahead with plans for the school at the Chaffee Crossing development in southeast Fort Smith. The proposed name of the school is theArkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The foundation board approved more than $58 million to the project. It also voted tocreate positions for a college CEO and dean.

"Our mission clearly states that we have a responsibility to fill gaps in health care and provide care for the medically underserved," said Kyle parker, board chairman, in a news release. "We've been working on the feasibility and relationships necessary to make this health care solution a reality for more than a year. It's not about building a school, it's about recognizing needs in our area, in Arkansas and Oklahoma, and across the U.S., and using our resources to fulfill that need."

Arkansas is ranked 48th among states in physicians per capita based on a 2010 study by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Center for Rural Health.There are 30 osteopathic medical colleges in the country.

The Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association is supporting the project. Osteopathic medicine encompasses the entire scope of modern medicine, according to the AOMA, and focuses on a holistic, hands-on approach to providing health care.

"The AOMA is extremely excited about the development of the proposed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine to be located in Fort Smith," said AOMA president James Baker. "We will continue to develop, partner with and support those providing state-wide resources to help advance the Fort Smith Regional Healthcare Foundation's mission of establishing the school."

Partnerships for clinical rotations and residency education have been made between the foundation and local health-care providers Mercy Health System, Sparks Regional Medical Center,Cooper Clinic, the Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority and Community Health Centers of Arkansas.

Arkansas State University is alsoconsidering creating its own osteopathic medical schoolin Jonesboro. Earlier this month, the school releaseda study it commissioned that found that an osteopathic medical school in Jonesboro would help meet a demand for primary-care physicians in the Delta and inject $70 million into the region.

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Women Seeking Relief from Chronic Pain Invited to Participate in Study at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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Newswise New Brunswick, NJ A chronic syndrome called vulvodynia that affects from four to seven percent of women is being studied by physicians at The Womens Health Institute at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in hopes of alleviating sometimes excruciating pain. The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of gabapentin, a medication that is FDA-approved as a treatment for nerve-related pain and other conditions, when used as an extended release therapy. The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health (1R01HD065740-01A1 and 1RC1HD063902-01).

Vulvodynia is a pain that occurs on the external part of a womans vaginal area, known as the vulva. Symptoms include constant vulvar pain or pain caused by touch from activities including prolonged sitting, exercise, sexual activity, tight-fitting clothing and other daily activities. Study applicants will receive clinical exams by physicians in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to diagnose vulvodynia and determine eligibility for the 16-week study. Eligible participants must be female and at least 18 years old, and have ongoing vulvar pain due to activities or touch and have no other cause of pain such as from an infection. Physicians will help diagnose applicants who are ineligible for the study and refer them to an appropriate physician for treatment.

Eligible participants will receive either the study medication or a placebo (a pill, which has no treatment) for the first eight weeks. During the second eight-week period, participants will receive the opposite treatment. Medication will be provided at no charge and participants will be compensated at the completion of each of the six required clinical visits.

For more information on eligibility and this study, contact Diane Dawicki, LPN, study coordinator, by phone at 732-235-7353 or e-mail, dawickdm@rwjms.rutgers.edu.

More information about the study, which also is being conducted at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the University of Rochester, is available at http://www.hopeformypain.org.

About Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School As one of the nation's leading comprehensive medical schools, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school's principal affiliate, they comprise New Jersey's premier academic medical center. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region.

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 20 basic science and clinical departments, and hosts centers and institutes including The Cardiovascular Institute, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, and the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey. The medical school maintains educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels for more than 1,500 students on its campuses in New Brunswick and Piscataway, and provides continuing education courses for health care professionals and community education programs. To learn more about Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, visit rwjms.rutgers.edu. Find us online at facebook.com/RWJMedicalSchool and twitter.com/RWJMS. --#--

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Black History Month 2014 — Interview with John Davis, 4th-year medical student at MCW – Video

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Frequent school moves can increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in early adolescence

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Researchers at Warwick Medical School have shown that frequently moving schools during childhood can increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in later years.

The study, published in the Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, found that school mobility during childhood heightens the risk of developing psychotic-like symptoms in early adolescence by up to 60%.

Suffering from psychotic-like symptoms at young age is strongly associated with mental health problems in adulthood, including psychotic disorders and suicide.

Professor Swaran Singh, who led the study, explained, "Changing schools can be very stressful for students. Our study found that the process of moving schools may itself increase the risk of psychotic symptoms independent of other factors. But additionally, being involved in bullying, sometimes as a consequence of repeated school moves, may exacerbate risk for the individual."

At the age of 12, participants in the study were interviewed to assess for the presence of psychotic-like symptoms including hallucinations, delusions and thought interference in the previous six months. Those that had moved school three or more times were found to be 60% more likely to display at least one definite psychotic symptom.

The authors suggested that moving schools often may lead to feelings of low self-esteem and a sense of social defeat. This feeling of being excluded from the majority could also render physiological consequences leading to sensitisation of the mesolimbic dopamine system, heightening the risk of psychotic-like symptoms in vulnerable individuals.

Dr Cath Winsper, Senior Research Fellow at Warwick Medical School and part of the study group said, "It's clear that we need to keep school mobility in mind when clinically assessing young people with psychotic disorders. It should be explored as a matter of course as the impact can be both serious and potentially long lasting. Schools should develop strategies to help these students to establish themselves in their new environment."

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Marshall medical school names department chairman

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The dean of Marshall University's medical school has appointed a chairman of the department of family and community health.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- The dean of Marshall University's medical school has appointed a chairman of the department of family and community health.

Dean Joseph I. Shapiro of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine announced the selection Monday of Stephen M. Petrany. He succeeds John Walden, who served as chairman for five years. Marshall said Walden is taking a new position with the school.

Petrany has been a professor in the department and a full-time faculty member since 1989. He had served in the post on an interim basis.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- The dean of Marshall University's medical school has appointed a chairman of the department of family and community health.

Dean Joseph I. Shapiro of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine announced the selection Monday of Stephen M. Petrany. He succeeds John Walden, who served as chairman for five years. Marshall said Walden is taking a new position with the school.

Petrany has been a professor in the department and a full-time faculty member since 1989. He had served in the post on an interim basis.

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