Miss America Nina Davuluri Interview #39;Applying to Medical School #39; 2
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Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 | 5:15 p.m.
UNLV might not have a new, independent medical school until 2025.
Although the presidents at UNLV and UNR inked an agreement to create a separately accredited medical school at UNLV that would mint new medical doctors, they're hamstrung by a past decision of the university system's Board of Regents.
In 2005, the board restricted UNR and UNLV to "a single School of Medicine, School of Law, and School of Dentistry for a period of twenty years."
Right now, UNR operates the University of Nevada School of Medicine. So a UNLV School of Medicine couldn't exist until 2025 under the current rule.
The presidents of UNR and UNLV said earlier this week that they would work together to develop a "date certain for the final stage of separately accredited school of medicine," but the regents' rule appears to have already made that decision for the presidents.
So Regent James Dean Leavitt said he's trying to repeal the rule.
"How can we now be talking about a UNLV medical school when we have that policy on the books?" he said. "It makes sense that it's now time to remove that policy. It's time to remove that prohibition."
Leavitt is the regent who leads a health sciences committee on the board. He was also on the board in 2005 and voted to put the 20-year prohibition in place then.
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Regents looking into rule that prohibits UNLV medical school until 2025
After 12 years as dean of the medical school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Betty Drees says she will step down in 2014.
My plans are to work on patient safety and health policy programs, as well as teaching and community service, Drees wrote in a memo to faculty and staff. She could not be reached for comment.
Drees said in the letter that she plans to stay in the leadership role through the search for a new dean.
Her announcement put the UMKC medical school in the news for the third time in a week. On Tuesday, the university was one of the losers in the Jackson County election for a half-cent sales tax for medical research that would have raised $800 million over 20 years. And on Sunday, E. Grey Dimond, who founded UMKCs six-year medical school, died at age 94.
Drees said she leaves the position with tremendous pride in all that we have accomplished together since I first took on this role in 2001. She cited the schools graduation of more than 1,000 new physicians, increased research funding, and improved student success and retention.
During her tenure, the school has gone through facility upgrades, has launched departments in areas such as neurology, bioinformatics and medical humanities/social sciences, and has created programs such as anesthesiologist assistant and physician assistant programs.
Carole McArthur, who teaches at the School of Dentistry and in the School of Medicines department of pathology, said she wasnt surprised to hear of Drees decision.
Betty has been in this position for a long time, McArthur said, adding that the position is a tough job, especially in these economic times. Maybe she is just tired and wants to do something for herself.
McArthur said there have been some ripples in the pond during Drees tenure. Specifically, she mentioned a 2007 sexual harassment scandal involving two UMKC psychology department professors.
But Betty has done a pretty darn good job. Her stepping down is going to leave a big gap. Shell be missed.
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School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor speaking to the Faculty Senate.
In his first presentation to Stanford's Faculty Senate, Dr. Lloyd B. Minor, dean of the School of Medicine, said the goal of the Campaign for Stanford Medicine is to "lead the biomedical revolution" by promoting fundamental, clinical and translational discovery, by transforming patient care and by training future leaders.
"We are the epicenter of innovation," Minor said in a Thursday presentation. Minor became dean of the Medical School in December 2012.
"We are drawn to the difficult problems, not the problems that can be solved with incremental solutions or approaches, but the problems that no one else tackles. The problems that, at first, we don't even know how to conceptualize and approach to solve them. And we develop the platforms and the paradigms that change the future."
As an example, Minor cited the work of Stanford Professor Karl Deisseroth, a professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, who led the multidisciplinary team that combined neuroscience and chemical engineering and developed a process that renders a mouse brain transparent.
Under the Campaign for Stanford Medicine, which President John Hennessy launched last May, Stanford is building a new hospital on the Palo Alto site.
During his 15-minute presentation using many facts and figures, Minor provided an overview of the Stanford School of Medicine.
Currently, the Medical School has 411 students studying to become doctors, 937 residents and clinical fellows being trained in Stanford hospitals by faculty, 713 PhD candidates and 1,277 postdoctoral research scholars.
Emphasizing the excellence of the school's faculty, Minor noted that its ranks include six living Nobel Laureates.
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Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 | 7:35 p.m.
Nevadas university leaders have signed a partnership agreement to begin establishing a new M.D.-granting medical school in Southern Nevada.
The agreement, or memorandum of understanding, outlines a vision for UNLV and the University of Nevada School of Medicine at UNR to work together to create a four-year medical school at UNLV that would mint medical doctors.
The UNLV medical school would open under the University of Nevada medical schools accreditation, but will eventually become its own independently operated, separately accredited and financially-sustainable medical school.
Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich, UNR President Marc Johnson, University of Nevada School of Medicine Dean Tom Schwenk and UNLV President Neal Smatresk signed the agreement on Wednesday. Nevada regents are expected to vote on the agreement at their December board meeting.
"Increasing the medical education and health care options for Nevadans has always been a top priority for the Nevada System of Higher Education," Klaich said in a statement. "I'm proud of the collaboration between our two universities and their efforts to bring these long-discussed plans from the drawing board to reality."
Earlier this year, Nevadas higher education leaders led by Regent Mark Doubrava directed UNLV and UNR to begin developing plans for a UNLV medical school while continuing to develop the medical school at UNR. UNLVs faculty senate and graduate student government also supported plans for an on-campus medical school.
Currently, UNR operates the University of Nevada School of Medicine; students complete their core classes in Reno and can complete their clinical training in Reno and at University Medical Center in Las Vegas.
Proponents of a UNLV medical school have long argued that the current model for medical education in Nevada has not served Southern Nevada, by solving its shortage of physicians. Las Vegas is the largest metropolitan area in the United States without an allopathic medical school.
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Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 | 6:40 p.m.
The presidents of UNR and UNLV are close to signing a preliminary partnership agreement that could lead to a school in Southern Nevada that would mint medical doctors.
Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich, UNR President Marc Johnson, University of Nevada School of Medicine Dean Tom Schwenk and UNLV President Neal Smatresk are expected to sign an agreement by the end of this week.
The agreement, or memorandum of understanding, outlines a vision for UNR and UNLV to work together to create a UNLV medical school that would open in the next several years and eventually become independent, Klaich said. University leaders finished drafting the memorandum Monday night; it has yet to be released to the media or public.
Klaich announced news of the agreement during an UNLV Lincy Institute forum Tuesday morning that explored the case for a M.D.-granting medical school in Las Vegas.
The forum featured a presentation on the UNLV medical schools potential economic impact as well as a panel discussion with community leaders. The event attracted a small but powerful group of state legislators, higher education leaders and representatives from Southern Nevada business organizations. Las Vegas is the largest metropolitan area in the United States without an allopathic medical school
The idea for a UNLV medical school has been brewing for decades. Currently, UNR operates the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Medical students take their classes in Reno and complete their practical training at UMC in Las Vegas.
In March, Regent Mark Doubrava -- a graduate of both UNLV and UNR's medical school -- began drumming up public support for a second medical school at UNLV. He envisions one that would educate high-quality physicians, spur medical research, attract new medical businesses and make Las Vegas a mecca for medical tourism.
Although the University of Nevada School of Medicine has a presence in Las Vegas, Doubrava argued it has not served Southern Nevadas health needs by solving its shortage of physicians. Efforts to expand the medical schools footprint in Southern Nevada have been inadequate, Doubrava added.
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CSHL Keynote: Dr. Michael Brown, UT Southwestern Medical School
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Cardiologist E. Grey Dimond, founder of the School of Medicine at University of Missouri-Kansas City, died Sunday evening at his home at age 94.
Dimond, who also founded the cardiology department at University of Kansas, is remembered for pioneering a new way of teaching medicine. He established a six-year, year-round program that put students in contact with real patients early on, rather than the traditional four-year university education followed by four years of medical school.
I dont believe that every young woman and young man should go to medical school right out of high school, Dimond once said. But there are a lot of young people maybe 30 percent that dont need to go to a university for four years and root for the basketball team on Friday night and go out drinking on Saturday night There are kids who are ready to get on with life. And thats what I shot for.
Felix Sabates, 83, who founded the Eye Department at the UMKC School of Medicine and is still a professor there, knew Dimond for more than 40 years and said Hospital Hill in its current form the complex of Truman Medical Center, Childrens Mercy Hospital, UMKCs schools of medicine and dentistry would not exist without Dimond.
Not only was he talented, he was caring and he had vision. He was not a back-slapping kind of guy. He was very quiet and focused, Sabates said. He was criticized and had people fighting against him, but he won. More than 3,000 students from all over the world have graduated from the school and are now doctors because of his efforts.
Dimonds career highlights extend beyond Kansas City. In 1971, he was one of the first Americans to visit Communist China, beating President Richard Nixon there by six months. Dimond became friends with native Kansas City journalist Edgar Snow, who chronicled the Chinese Revolution and was the first Western journalist to interview Mao Zedong.
Dimond led frequent educational trips to China and wrote about his firsthand experiences of Chinese medicine in medical journals.
The oldest of Dimonds three daughters, Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, a sculptor in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., said her father led a rich life with many interests.
My father gave me a love of gardening and roses and art and Siamese cats and the finer things in life, Dimond-Cates said. He was concerned that when I was an adult I might not know about the world and not see the important places in the world, and that I wouldn't have experiences and meet people from other countries. So he made sure I went to Japan and the South China Sea and all over the world with him.
In an email, UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton wrote: E. Grey Dimond was an innovator and a leader, as well as a healer. A man with immense gifts of intellect, imagination and insight, he put those gifts to work to benefit his community, his university, his profession and the world at large.
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Touro College has started to hire the professors who will teach at its medical school campus in Middletown when it opens next year.
Kenneth Steier, dean of the Middletown school, said they're looking to hire 28 full-time faculty and about 50 adjuncts or part-timers for the first year.
The number of faculty members will grow over the school's first few years, as the first year class becomes the second and new students come.
The Orange County Planning Department's Web page now has a portal allowing users to retrieve a wealth of information zoning maps, building codes, meeting schedules about land use in all 42 of the county's towns, villages and cities.
To access that information, go to the department's page on the Orange County website http://www.orangecountygov.com/planning and click on Planning, Zoning and Municipal Resources.
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Steier also said the school is getting more student applications than last year, and that most of them have been checking off both Touro's Harlem and Middletown campuses as options.
They have interviewed about 120 applicants so far; he said he expects to end up interviewing 500 out of an expected 7,000 who apply.
The Middletown college will be in the former Horton Hospital, which is being renovated now. The school will teach 135 students in its first year.
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Will It Be Enough? New Medical School Enrollment Data and Physician Shortages - Part 3 of 4
Speaker: Suanna Bruinooge October 24, 2013, congressional briefing, "Will It Be Enough? New Medical School Enrollment Data and Physician Shortages," sponsore...
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Will It Be Enough? New Medical School Enrollment Data and Physician Shortages - Part 2 of 4
Speaker: Alicia Billington, M.D., Ph.D. Candidate October 24, 2013, congressional briefing, "Will It Be Enough? New Medical School Enrollment Data and Physic...
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CSHL Keynote: Dr. Tom Rapoport, HHMI/Harvard Medical School
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Will It Be Enough? New Medical School Enrollment Data and Physician Shortages - Part 4 of 4
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Cooperstown has proven an unexpectedly popular place for medical students.
When the Bassett Healthcare Network and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons joined forces to start a new 10-student medical school program in the fall of 2010, officials predicted great things.
But no one foresaw the programs popularity with medical school applicants.
So far, it has drawn between 698 and 971 applications a year for just 10 slots, said Senior Associate Dean Dr. Walter Franck. That compares to 5,100 to 5,800 applications for 155 spots in Columbias regular medical school and MD/PhD programs, he said.
The program, along with a similar one between the University of South Florida and Lehigh Valley Health Network, is training the next wave of physician leaders with unique curricula that teach doctors about medical care and the health care system, said Henry Sondheimer, senior director of medical education projects at the Association of American Medical Colleges.
I think theyve both been overwhelmed with the interest in these programs, he said. I think they picked something for all the right reasons because God knows we need physicians who are going to be leaders in improving the health care system, but I dont think either of them, to be honest, anticipated the tremendous amount of interest that this would generate in this group of applicants and I think its wonderful.
Katherine Schwartz of Mount Sinai on Long Island knew she wanted to go to Columbia-Bassett as soon as she heard about it as a history major at SUNY Geneseo.
Schwartz, a member of the programs first class, was drawn by the opportunity to follow a group of patients in Cooperstown for a year.
That was the initial draw for me. It seemed to get at why I wanted to go into medicine, I guess, the emphasis on interpersonal relationships, she said.
And Schwartz, whos now applying for pediatrics residencies and considering a future in neonatology, said its lived up to her expectations.
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ANN ARBOR As more and more discoveries made by University of Michigan Medical School researchers make their way toward becoming products that can help patients and health care providers, the school has named a new leader to accelerate that effort even further.
Data released last week show that UMMS researchers generated a wealth of technology transfer activity in the last U-M fiscal year, with a record 133 new inventions reported, and a record 41 patents issued. Both figures represent one-third of U-Ms total.
On other measures of how well ideas are moving from the laboratory to the clinical setting, the school posted solid results for FY2013.
According to U-M Tech Transfer, more than three-quarters of U-M FY2013 revenues from past patents and licensing agreements $11.1 million of $14.4 million came from technologies that began in the Medical School.
In addition, 44 of U-Ms 148 patent applications, 40 of its 108 new license agreements with industry, and two of its nine new business startups came from Medical School technologies in 2013. In all, 54 inventions from the Medical School were licensed as part of 40 license agreements with new and existing businesses
Now, the school has appointed Dr. Kevin Ward, a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine with an extensive innovation track record, to lead an effort that will unify Medical School efforts to nurture commercialization and entrepreneurship activity in close collaboration with U-M Tech Transfer.
Wards appointment is part of the schools strategic research initiative, Fast Forward to Tomorrows Cures. As the first executive director for the new Fast Forward Medical Innovation initiative, Ward will bring together a broad array of efforts to help UMMS biomedical research discoveries make the transition to clinical application and to industry and venture partners.
The new initiative integrates the Medical School Office of Researchs business and commercialization groups Business Development and the MTRAC for Life Sciences commercialization fund under the umbrella of Fast Forward Medical Innovation. Ward and his team will partner with key units across campus, such as the U-M Tech Transfer, the College of Engineering Center for Entrepreneurship, the Business Engagement Center, and other schools and colleges -- as well as reaching beyond the university.
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At New York University, one of a handful of medical schools to offer three-year programs, Dr. Betty Chen instructs students on treating drug overdose. | credits: (Credit: Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times)
Sandwiched between three mind-numbing years of basic science courses and hospital rotations and the lockdown years of residency training, the fourth year of medical school has long been a welcome respite for future doctors. It is the only time in their medical education when students have few requirements and a plethora of elective course offerings and the time to go on vacation and spend time with friends and family.
Do it now, a mentor said as I was about to start my last year, because you may never get the chance again.
I followed that advice wholeheartedly. I spent most of my fourth year away from my medical school, caring for children with hematologic disorders one month, then shadowing cancer surgeons for another, in hopes of figuring out which specialty I liked more. I spent time working in a laboratory, something Id never done before, learning how to culture and freeze cells, care for mice, and critique studies. I attended national medical meetings, hung out with old friends, and slept and ate to my hearts content at my parents home.
For me, it was a pivotal, reassuring year.
But not all of my classmates felt the same. One friend interested in a particularly competitive residency spent much of the year in high-stress audition clerkships, four-week clinical tours at hospitals where she hoped to train; she resented having to pay tuition at our home school while paying travel and living expenses so she could learn at other institutions. Another, older classmate, who had already spent 10 successful years in another profession, was just eager to get on with his training; for him, a fourth year filled with electives and extended vacations was a waste of time and tuition money.
The fourth year is kind of bogus, one friend recently recalled. It might have been fun at the time, but Im not sure it made me a better doctor.
These disparate opinions came to mind recently when I read two perspective pieces in The New England Journal of Medicine on eliminating the fourth year of medical school.
For several years, medical educators have been engaged in an increasingly heated, and occasionally cantankerous, debate about streamlining medical education and training. Many experts have suggested lopping years off the residency training process, but surprisingly few have argued for such similarly dramatic changes in the medical school curriculum.
Established over a century ago as part of a sweeping change to a chaotic collection of schools, apprenticeships and fly-by-night training programs, the four-year medical school curriculum is the sacred cow of medical education. Like soldiers in lockstep, nearly all medical students over the last 100 years have spent their first two years in lecture halls learning the theory and basic science of medicine and their third and fourth years on the wards learning the practical clinical applications. Apart from a fewshort-lived experiments during World War II and in the 1970s to shorten the curriculum to three years, not even the most radical of educational reformers have dared stray from the norm, carefully integrating their changes well within the venerated four-year framework.
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