150 Medical Residencies are on the Way to Fort Worth – D Magazine

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Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth and the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine are teaming up to train 150 physicians each year through an accredited resident program.

This year, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited program will select the first group of medical school graduates who will do their residencies at Baylor Scott & White Fort Worth in 2021. The goal is to have 150 residents in the program by the 2027-2028 academic year.

We are honored to be working alongside a like-minded organization in Baylor Scott & White Fort Worth, said Stuart Flynn, MD, dean of the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine via release. With the combination of both organizations available resources and aligned mission, we can create a robust and rich academic environment in the Fort Worth community.

Residencies will be in internal medicine, emergency medicine, OB/GYN, general surgery, anesthesia, and the program is considering fellowship training programs in cardiology, oncology, hepatology, and nephrology.

I am so excited to see this collaboration between the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine and Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth. This is the kind of announcement we envisioned happening when the new medical school opened, said Mayor Betsy Price, City of Fort Worth via release. This will further the citys ability to attract and retain the best minds in medicine, keeping our community healthier. We aspire to show Fort Worth as a city where medical innovation is not only taking place, but evolving.

Adding residencies in Texas can help address the growing physician shortage here, which is one of the worst in the country. Texas ranks 41 out of the 50 states for physicians per capita, with 219.4 physicians per 100,000 residents. The national median is 257.6, according to the American Association of Medical Colleges.

The shortage is exacerbated by the growth in medical school graduates without accompanying residency slots. Enrollment in Texas medical schools has increased by 32 percent over the last decade, but residency slots have only increased by 19 percent. This means graduates have to go elsewhere to receive training, decreasing the chances they will end up working in the state. In Texas, 59 percent of residents stay in state after training, and if they do both medical school and residency here, 81 percent stay in Texas. Baylor Scott & White offers nearly 800 residencies statewide.

With our ongoing dedication to excellent patient care, this collaboration will further opportunities for medical education and research, benefitting the community as a whole, said Mike Sanborn, president, Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth via release. Our goal is to build upon this foundation that echoes the pillars of outstanding teaching hospitals: patient care, education, and research.

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Why academic coaching is catching on in medical schools – American Medical Association

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Evidence of the effectiveness of coaching in medical education has been mounting over the last decade, leading educators and administrators to look for resources to help them create coaching programs of their own. A survey of medical schools reveals that nearly all had a coaching program or were developing one. The majority of established programs were still young, having been implemented in the last five years.

The authors of the study published in Medical Education Online surveyed more than 30 medical schools participating in the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to describe existing coaching programs and help other institutions develop their own.

The AMA offers two free handbooks, Coaching in Medical Education: A Faculty Handbook, and It Takes Two: A Guide to Being a Good Coachee, to help educators and administrators create programs for coaching medical students.

Learn more with the AMA about how medical students can benefit from coaching in medicine.

Medical schools listed the following goals for the established programs and those being implemented in the next year:

Other goals cited, in descending frequency, were well-being, community building, leadership, development of lifelong learning skills, remediation and clinical skill development.

In terms of content, 92% of programs reported academic performance, 88% cited professional development and 88% mentioned goal-setting. Other domains covered, in descending frequency, were well-being, reflection, interpersonal communication, time management, clinical performance, specialty selection, learner-driven content and decision-making abilities.

All of the programs surveyed had multiple goals rather than a single focus.

Although this approach makes intuitive sense, literature to date has largely focused on coaching interventions with a singular goal, says the study. This finding has important implications for how institutions structure new coaching programs and select their coaches. For example, if a coaching program has multiple goals, coach-coachee dyads will need adequate time to address multiple goals and coaches will need to be well versed in multiple content areas.

The study was co-written by Maya M. Hammoud, MD, MBAthe AMA's special adviser on medical education innovation and professor of learning health sciences at University of Michigan Medical Schooland colleagues Margaret Wolff, MD, MHPE, Sally Santen, MD, PhD, Nicole Deiorio, MD, and Megan Fix, MD, from the University of Michigan Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and University of Utah School of Medicine, respectively. All these medical schools are members of the AMA consortium.

These results do not suggest one particular approach to coaching in undergraduate medical education but rather highlight variables each school can carefully consider when developing a coaching program, the study says.

Read more from the AMA about how medical students can make the most of an academic coaching relationship.

"The cornerstone of coaching is the coach-coachee relationship, the authors wrote, noting that the relationship is different from mentoring and advising. In this study, the majority of respondents correctly identified the coaching relationship as one in which the coach helps the student find a strategy through asking clarifying questions.

Most programs surveyed, 80%, made use of attending physicians as coaches, but residents and fellows and non-physicians were also utilized. In addition, while the number of students assigned to each coach varied, the majority of coaches, 64%, received 525% full-time equivalent effort to support their role.

The authors also provided insights on program development, implementation and evaluation, advising a six-step approach.

This process should begin with problem identification and a needs assessment to determine if there are unmet student needs that may be filled by a coaching program, the study says.

Limitations of the study include respondents being biased toward early adoption of education innovations, heavy representation of large academic medical centers and variability in how coaching is defined.

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University announces plans for north St. Louis medical school – STLtoday.com

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The structure will be built by Clayco.

U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-University City, said in a statement that north St. Louis suffers from significant health care disparities, manifested in higher rates of chronic illnesses and lower life expectancies than other parts of the region. He called the medical school an important project that will increase access to quality healthcare in underserved neighborhoods.

In a statement, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said the announcement is great news for economic development in the region and will further strengthen Missouris role as a national leader in medical education.

Auris Alvarado, a student at the St. Louis campus of Ponce, attended Fridays event. She started the program in August .

The 28-year-old, originally from Puerto Rico, is working to complete her one-year masters program. She said the program provides opportunities for students who didnt do as well as others during their undergraduate work, due to life circumstances and other factors beyond their control.

They gave me a chance to prove that I can excel, Alvarado said.

Alvarado said many of her classes require students to watch lecture videos outside of class, so that class time can be used for discussion, activities and testing a model known as a flipped classroom.

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Two founding faculty members retire from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine – News at OU

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Two faculty members integral to the establishment and sustained success of Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine are retiring from the school, effective Jan. 3.

The retirees are Barbara Joyce, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies, and Rachel Yoskowitz, BS (Nursing), MPH, assistant professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies and global health director.

Both have been with OUWB since the schools beginning.

They will long be remembered for helping set the tone for OUWBs mission, vision, and values, said Robert Noiva, Ph.D., associate dean of Graduate Studies & Community Integration and associate professor in the Department of Foundational Medical Studies

The values that they established with infrastructure, with the curriculum, and with the extracurricular activities, is going to continue, said Noiva. And thats where personal satisfaction comes in knowing that you really had an impact, and these are two people who really did have an impact in establishing the school.

Leveraging experience at OUWB

Joyce joined Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in 2010 as an associate professor and director of curriculum evaluation. She also designed, developed and implemented the Behavioral Science course, and served as its director since 2012. She was integral in setting the infrastructure for curriculum mapping, course and faculty evaluations, and in competency-based education.

Before joining OUWB, Joyce was director of instructional design at Henry Ford Health System and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Wayne State University.

At Henry Ford Health System, she designed, implemented, evaluated curricula, assessment tools, program improvement processes, and provided faculty development for 45 residency and fellowship training programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). In addition, she designed educational curricula, assessment tools, and program improvement processes for the Henry Ford Health System Center for Simulation Education and Research. Before that, Joyce was senior project manager at the ACGME, where she worked on the Outcome Project and provided faculty development on the competencies.

Additional past experiences include associate director of behavioral science at Genesys Regional Medical Center, where she led training for family medicine residents and health psychology post-doctoral fellows, and she was also director of behavioral science at Sinai Hospital in Detroit.

Joyce has spoken nationally and internationally on topics relevant to medical education and faculty development. She trained as a clinical psychologist.

Joyce said she was recruited to join OUWB and said the idea "of building a new medical school was appealing because I thought it would be an opportunity to leverage all of the experiences Ive had in my career.

The Behavioral Science course, in conjunction with the Art & Practice of Medicine course, developed a comprehensive two-year communication curriculum that covers topics such as interviewing, sharing bad news, treatment adherence, intimate partner violence and includes the use of standardized patients throughout.

There is no other school in the country that has this kind of robust curriculum, she said. If I were to identify what Im most proud of here, that would be it.

Though looking forward to giving herself the gift of time, Joyce said she will look back fondly at her experiences at OUWB.

Teaching, for me, has always been about something bigger than just doing a lecture, she said. Because at the end of all of the training in medical school, theres a patient a patient often very vulnerable and in need of care.

With that in mind, Joyce said she has always maintained focus on developing innovative, engaging, and outstanding curriculum for medical students, so that they can develop skills to deliver compassionate care.

What great heights

Yoskowitz joined OUWB in 2011 as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences (now the Department of Foundational Medical Studies). She would also become coordinator of OUWBs community and global health programs.

Before joining OUWB, Yoskowitz served as the founding director of Project Chessed, a nationally recognized access-to-care network for low-income uninsured adults in metro Detroit.

Yoskowitzs career also includes having served as director of education for the American Lung Association of Minnesota and director of adolescent health for the Delaware Division of Public Health. In that role, she oversaw the expansion of school-based health centers to every public high school in Delaware.

She engaged with communities both professionally and as a volunteer through the International Council of Nurses Exchange Visitor Program, refugee resettlement and working in urban community clinics, receiving recognition for her community service role in advocacy and outreach to refugees.

Her additional experience includes being a clinical nurse in perioperative nursing, a head nurse in medical-surgical nursing, and an instructor of Fundamentals of Nursing and Medical-Surgical Nursing at the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing.

It was in her role at Project Chessed that she took part in a focus group on what would become OUWB and was led by Linda Gillum, Ph.D., former associate dean for academic and faculty affairs at OUWB.

Yoskowitz said Gillum mentioned to her the possibility of working at OUWB.

I thought she was being gracious, Yoskowitz said. But then I thought maybe she meant it, so I called her.

Yoskowitz said she made the call because the opportunity sounded really challenging and exciting.

And I thought that it would get me back into a stimulating educational environment, she said.

At OUWB, Yoskowitz taught global health and along with OUWB Founding Dean Robert Folberg, developed the schools Compass department that advises medical students on their community engagement.

In fact, Yoskowitz smiles as she recalls coming up with the name Compass one weekend early in her OUWB tenure.

I thought about a compass, which points us in the right direction, she said. Its also the first part of the word compassionate, so it reminds us of our mission to be compassionate, caring physicians.

In addition to Compass, she also developed, implemented and coordinated departments monthly Hot Topics in Medicine Lunch n Learn Seminar Series.

Further, Yoskowitz was charged with the responsibility of teaching and implementing OUWBs global clinical opportunities that now include partnerships with universities and health systems in Korea, the Philippines, and Israel (in the picture at right, Yoskowitz is in Jerusalem with OUWB Class of 2019 alumni Eva Ma and Brian Lee).

In reflecting on what she takes the most pride in during her time at OUWB, Yoskowitz said its the education she helped provide students.

I am most proud that I have in some small measure influenced future doctors' world view and enabled them to look at global health issues and refugees in a different lens, she said. As faculty we are, after all, educators and influencers. When all is said and done, I hope that I have been true to that role.

Yoskowitz is looking forward to traveling with her husband, and spending more time with her grandchildren.

Like Joyce, however, she said she will miss OUWB and a wonderful group of colleagues.

Their passion and their commitment to medical education, and how they extend themselves to help students succeed, is very impressive, she said.

Yoskowitz said she finds it somewhat hard to believe eight years have already passed since she started at OUWB, but believes the school has been set up for decades of success.

I can only imagine what great heights, and the plateaus that OUWB will reach, in the next 100 years, she said.

For more information, contact Andrew Dietderich, marketing writer, OUWB, atadietderich@oakland.edu.

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State Rep. Blanco presents Resolution to Honor Paul L. Foster School of Medicine’s 10-Year Anniversary – El Paso Herald-Post

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To commemorate the 10- year anniversary of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, State Rep. Csar Blanco presented a resolution to Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) president.

This medical school is not only contributing to the economic activity of our city, but directly serves to improve the physician shortage that West Texas faces, said Representative Blanco during the presentation.

Thanks to the Foster School of Medicine, talented students from the Paso del Norte region with a passion for medicine and serving the community have the option to apply for medical school in their hometown.

Blanco, who represents TTUHSC El Paso in the Texas State House of Representatives, has been a key supporter of the Foster School of Medicine. His resolution comes one month before TTUHSC El Paso holds the medical schools 10th anniversary celebration, A Red Tie Affair for a White Coat Occasion, on February 28.

We are thankful for Representative Blanco and the entire El Paso delegation for their continued support of the students, faculty, and staff at the Foster School of Medicine, Dr. Lange said. This resolution not only recognizes the tremendous work being done at TTUHSC El Paso, but also celebrates the positive impact we are making to the health care and education in our region.

Opening its doors in 2009 with an inaugural class of 40 students, the Foster School of Medicine became the first medical school located on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Since graduating from the school, more than 500 alumni are either currently practicing physicians or in residency programs throughout the United States.

The Foster School of Medicine has 403 students currently enrolled, most of whom have contributed several thousand hours in community service through its student-run clinics and volunteer programs.

The school continues to be a pioneer in health education through a curriculum focused on training students in simulation labs with high-tech mannequins, beginning clinical rounds within the first year of study, and requiring all students to learn medical Spanish.

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Pre-Med Students Across The US Increasingly Take Gap Years Before Medical School – Loyola Phoenix

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By Hannah DenaerUpdated January 28, 2020 10:32 p.m. CTPublished January 29, 2020 8:00 a.m. CT

Kate Rochowicz, a Loyola senior, will soon spend 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. each day treating gunshot victims, people injured in bad accidents and others in need of emergency care. Shell be working as a full-time emergency trauma technician at the University of Chicagos trauma center instead of an immediate transition to medical school.

By choosing to work rather than go straight into medical school, the 21-year-old will join pre-medical students across America in taking something she said seems to be an uprising trend a gap year.

According to a 2019 survey from the Association of American Medical Colleges, 43.9 percent of 15,151 students who enrolled in medical school took one to two gap years. Of the students surveyed, 13.4 percent also took three to four gap years and 7.9 percent took five or more gap years, according to the survey.

Loyola doesnt keep statistics on the number of pre-medical students who take gap years, said Jim Johnson, the chairman of Loyolas Pre-Health Professions Advisory Committee which advises pre-medical students on pursuing their chosen careers. At Northwestern University, 70 percent of the students accepted into medical school take one or more gap years, according to the universitys website.

Johnson said the increase in pre-medical students taking gap years is a national phenomenon. He said a gap year can provide pre-medical students with many important opportunities, such as catching up on required classes, saving money and traveling abroad.

Some of my colleagues dont call it a gap year, they call it a gift year, he said, adding instructors are increasingly encouraging students to take a gap year.

Ola Kierzkowska, a psychology major at Loyola whos taking a gap year next year, said while it might be difficult to transition in and out of the school mindset, she sees financial value in taking a gap year. The 21-year-old plans to spend her gap year expanding both her financial savings and work experience.

Kierzkowska said she is still trying to figure out the specific plan for her gap year. However, she said she currently works as a research assistant at the University of Chicago and is interested in applying for a higher position. Another possibility is a full-time position at Misericordia a non-profit that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities Kierzkowska said.

However, some Loyola students are still opting to go straight into medical school, including two seniors Riley DeMeulenaere and Derek Rink.

Rink, a 21-year-old who applied to about 20 medical schools, said he feels ready for the rigor and expectations of medical school. DeMeulenaere, 21, also said he felt prepared for both the application process and medical school itself, emphasizing he wants to stay in a school mentality.

I dont see a gap year as an all good or all bad thing, DeMeulenaere said. I think it really depends upon where the individual sits based upon their four years of undergraduate [school].

Alongside financial reasons, Rochowicz said she thinks the gap year trend is also due to increased support in the medical field for the mental health of future doctors. She said the pre-medical coursework is exhausting and intense, causing extreme stress.

According to the 2019 Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression and Suicide Report, 14 percent of physicians have had thoughts of suicide without an attempt and 1 percent have attempted suicide. The report also said 44 percent of physicians feel burned out.

Rochowicz said burnout can be compared to forgetting youre a person, emphasizing how stress causes doctors and pre-medical students to ignore their own needs. Taking a gap year is a good and beneficial way to curb burnout, she said.

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James R. Andrews, Internationally Recognized Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist, to Receive 2020 Horatio Alger Award – Over the…

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Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Dr. James Andrews has been selected for induction into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The Horatio AlgerAward is given each year to people who have succeeded despite facing adversities and remained committed to higher education and charitable efforts in their communities, according to the association.

Andrews father served overseas during World War II and returned home with post traumatic stress disorder. Andrews was raised by his mother and grandparents inHomer, Louisiana, and he picked cotton and worked at a dry-cleaning shop to help support his family. He went on to study science at Louisiana State University, where he also was an SEC champion pole vaulter, and then to the universitys medical school. He completed his orthopedic residency at the Tulane School of Medicine and worked fellowships in sports medicine at theUniversity of Virginiaand University ofLyoninFrance.

After beginning his surgical career inColumbus, Georgia, Andrews moved to Birmingham and co-founded the HealthSouth Sports Medicine Council, the American Sports Medicine Institute and the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center. With Baptist Health Care, Andrews opened the Andrews Institute inGulf Breeze, Florida, and he later opened the Andrews Institute at Childrens Health inDallas, Texas.

He now is medical director of The Andrews Institute; chairman of the board of the Andrews Research & Education Foundation inGulf Breeze and the American Sports Medicine Institute; and a professor at multiple prestigious medical schools.

He is known for his work with athletes, including performing surgery on Jack Nicklaus,Roger Clemens,Drew Breeze,Charles BarkleyandJohn Smoltz, among others. He also has been affiliated with several university and professional athletic programs and now works as a consultant or surgeon with Auburn and Alabama universities, the Washington Redskins and the Ladies Professional Golf Association.

In addition to being a skilled surgeon, Dr. Andrews is an extraordinarily generous philanthropist and lifelong teacher, saidTerrence J. Giroux, executive director of the association.

Andrews, along with 13 other honorees, will be inducted into the association during ceremonies to be held April 2-4 inWashington, D.C.

It is truly an honor to be selected for membership in this prestigious organization, Andrews said. When I was first introduced to the Horatio Alger Association by my friend Bill Dor, I was immediately drawn to its mission of supporting promising young students as they seek to achieve their dreams. Ive dedicated much of my career to building up the next generation, and I look forward to doing the same for Horatio Alger Scholars.

The association awards need-based scholarships to high school students, having provided more than$180 millionto 27,000 students since the scholarship program was established in 1984.

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Korean professors indicted in admissions case tied to politics – Times Higher Education (THE)

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A former South Korean justice minister and his wife, both university professors, have been charged following an academic misconduct investigation tied to their childrens university applications.

Cho Kuk, the former minister who is a professor at Seoul National University, and Chung Kyung-shim, a Dongyang University professor, were indicted on multiple charges on 31 December,the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office confirmed toTimes Higher Education.

The chargesagainst Professor Cho, which come after months of investigation into academic misconduct, include bribery, falsifying documents and obstruction of business, the Yonhap news agencyreported. Professors Cho and Chungare accused of fakingmaterials for their sons application to law school and their daughters entry to medical school.

Professor Choresigned as justice ministeron 14 October after less than two months in the role. That same day he asked to return as a professor atSNU, which granted his request,The Korea Heraldreported. He is listed on theSNU websiteas a criminal law expert.

The Korea Biomedical Reviewwrote on 28 Decemberthat medical research ethics [were] tarnished by the case, which allegedly involved the couples then high school-aged daughter being listed as lead author on aKorean Journal of Pathologystudy, which was later withdrawn.

The scandal left the medical community with a daunting task of restoring trust in medical research,The Korea Biomedical Reviewwrote. After the scandal, professors at the National Cancer Center were found to have put their childrens names as authors of medical journals in an attempt to unfairly boost their academic credentials. The National Academy of Medicine of Korea released a public statement on medical research ethics, emphasising the conscience and education of researchers and calling for the medical community to have self-reflection.

The Korea Timeswrote in an opinion piecethat it was important to overcome ideological conflicts between left and right, which culminated in a corruption scandal involving former justice minister Cho Kuk and his family. [President] Moon [Jae-in] should not compromise his anti-corruption drive. He must put actions before words to create a fair and just society.

A spokesman from the presidents office,speaking to the media, questioned the motivation behind the prosecutors probe.

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Have you decided to learn medicine outside of the United States or Canada? An American Caribbean medical school is undoubtedly the best choice for those who are looking to pursue a lucrative career in medicine. Windsor University School of Medicine is located on an island in the Caribbean, St. Kitts, perfect for those who are aiming to pursue accredited MD program and a lucrative career in medicine. WUSOM welcomes students from all over the globe and gives them an opportunity to gain medical knowledge and advanced clinical skills. You will enjoy the perfect weather, beaches, sunshine, outdoor activities, that will help you maintain a study-life balance at campus.

While you will inevitably spend a better part of your waking hours studying, or in the hospital or classroom, you can spare some time to delve in a wide array of local cultures prevalent across the Caribbean.Additionally, the campus groups at most medical schools in the Caribbean are quite involved in local global health outreach. Student groups can cultivate long-term relationships with the Rotary club, clinics, orphanages, and local churches.When you step out of your comfort zone to include people with diverse cultural and economic backgrounds that are poles apart from your own, you set out to become a better physician down the road. When students strive to elevate the level of care they provide to their patients by depicting empathy, it adds to their experience pool.

Windsor University School of Medicine is an accredited Caribbean medical school that is struggling hard to produce talented and qualified doctors by offering quality education, advanced clinical training, and prepare their graduates to practice medicine in different states of the United States and Canada.WUSOM is accredited by the Medical Council and Board of Government of St. Kitts that ensures that medical universities meet and maintain the standards of providing quality education. caribbean medical university is accredited by the Accreditation Board of St. Kitts & Nevis.Windsor University School of Medicine is licensed and chartered by the Ministry of Education and listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools in partnership with FAIMER. It is listed in the World Health Organization Directory of Medical Schools. The ECFMG has also accredited WUSOM. Windsor University has been approved by the Medical Council of Canada and the Medical Council of India.Windsor graduates are eligible to be Education Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certified and can take the United States Medical Examination (USMLE) and Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination (MCCEE). Graduates of WUSOM can also avail the opportunity of participating in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS).

Caribbean medical university is one of the best medical schools in the Caribbean region that focus on providing an advanced educational curriculum, state-of-the-art learning technologies, digital classrooms, clinical training, and extensive hands-on patient care that give you a breadth of knowledge and skills that you can apply in real-world settings.If you want to fulfill your dream of becoming a qualified doctor and seeking admission to an American Caribbean medical school, WUSOM would be the best choice!From flexible admission requirements to an easy and hassle-free admission process, affordable tuition fee to financial aid, student career counseling to transportation and on-site psychologist facility, Caribbean medical university provides a lot of facilities that make it one of the best Caribbean medical schools.

In order to gain admission to Caribbean medical university, applicants are required to complete the undergraduate degree from an accredited institution. You should complete a minimum of 90 hours of undergraduate coursework before matriculation.You are required to complete coursework in general biology or zoology, inorganic or general chemistry, organic chemistry or biochemistry, physics, English or the humanities, and mathematics. You are also expected to submit a personal statement, two letters of recommendation, personal activities and achievements.Here is an application checklist you need to apply to WUSOM:Official transcriptCompleted application formMedical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores or similar test (Optional)Two official letters of recommendationPersonal statementCurriculum vitaeTwo passport-sized photos

Official credential evaluation report of transcript through World Education Services (WES)Official report of scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS)Refundable Security Deposit of $2,000 USD

Did you know that the acceptance rate in Caribbean medical universities is four times more than the acceptance rate in USA? The MCAT scores are a major gatekeeper of US medical admissions. Too many future physicians have witnessed the death of their career due to an over-reliance on the exam.Caribbean medical University believe that a low MCAT score could be due to a plethora of circumstantial reasons and shouldnt be a death sentence for a career in medicine. Even though medical schools in the Caribbean consider these exams as a valuable tool to gauge experience and past performance, they dont snub off applicants just because of their MCAT scores. If you want to study medicine, apply to a Caribbean medical university with no MCAT.

One of the major benefits of applying to a Caribbean medical school that offers rolling admissions is that applications are evaluated in the order in which they are received. At Caribbean medical university, Pre-med and MD program applications are accepted in January, May, and September.

Windsor University School of Medicine is a Caribbean medical school that offers scholarships and special funding support to our brilliant students. We have a number of scholarship opportunities that we offer to suitably qualified students to improve their academic performance such as academic scholarship, clinical academic scholarship, U.S. military veterans scholarship, medical professional scholarship, international student scholarship, and organizational scholarship.

Most medical institutions around the world come with a hefty fee structure that becomes unaffordable for students. On the other hand, Caribbean Medical school of medicine pose an entirely different story. While most believe that federal loan is the best option for borrowers, it is not always a luxury for students who are seeking to support themselves. Therefore, Caribbean universities have established programs that offer medical courses that are easier on the pocket as compared to renowned universities from around the world.WUSOM offers quality medication education at highly affordable tuition cost that make it easier for students all around the globe to fulfill their dream of enrolling in medical education programs. The average tuition cost of Caribbean medical university is $3,990 per semester for the pre-medical program, $4,990 per semester for the basic sciences program, and $6,490 per semester for the clinical sciences program.

WUSOM offers Premedical Science Program that takes four years to complete the premedical Science program. Upon successful completion of 4 semesters of premedical courses, students are eligible to complete the Basic Medical Science program.In Pre-Med I, students will take biology with lab, general chemistry with lab, physics, English, mathematics and pre-calculus.In Pre-Med II, students of WUSOM will learn about cell and molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, calculus, organic chemistry, physics, and history of medicine and DPC -I.In Pre-Med III, students will get the opportunity to learn in-depth medical concept and take courses in biostatistics, organic chemistry with lab, food and nutrition, humanities, cell and molecular biology with lab.In Pre-Med IV, students will prepare for the intensive MD courses and learn about psychology, microbiology and immunology, biochemistry, anatomy and physiology, genetics and nutrition and history of medicine.

After completing Pre-Med Science program, students are eligible to take Basic Science program and strengthen all the concepts they have learned in their Pre-Med courses.In MD I, students will take courses in histology, structural and development anatomy, introduction to clinical medicine and role of physicians in global society.Our MD II curriculum is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of medical biochemistry and genetics, principles of bio-medical research and introduction to clinical medicine.The MD III curriculum is based on clinical practice and lab-based learning, providing students to learn about microbiology, pathology, neuroscience, principles of biol-medical research and clinical medicine.In MD IV, students of Windsor University School of Medicine will have the opportunity to study pathology, pharmacology, behavioral sciences and bioethics, preventive medicine and clinical medicine.MD V curriculum prepares students for hospital clerkship so that they will be able to apply the techniques and theories learned throughout MD courses in real-world environment. The will take electives to foster a well-rounded medical education.

One other great benefit of getting educated at a Caribbean medical university is that it offers Offshore Clinical Rotations to all students who are attending college within their respective institutions. They offer them a chance to travel abroad, so that they can gain more hands-on experience from hospitals across recognized countries, such as USA and Canada. Now, if you are a native, what more do you want other than traveling back to your hometown and getting the exact clinical rotation that a Harvard university graduate is getting from a local medical facility.Windsor students have to complete 48 weeks of clinical core clerkships and 24 weeks of elective. They can take clinical clerkship in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine to gain an in-depth understanding of the basic areas of the medical field.Students are also required to complete 24 additional weeks of elective clerkships and compulsory selective clerkships. During 24 weeks of elective rotations, students will take rotations in a myriad range of medical specialties such as Cardiology, Nephrology, Neurology, Geriatrics, Hematology & Oncology, Infectious Disease, Pain Management, Geriatrics, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Dermatology, Pulmonology, Urgent Care, Gastroenterology, Pathology, and Anesthesiology.They will also take clerkships in different surgical specialties inducing Orthopedics, Urology, Neurosurgery, Trauma Surgery, Cardiothoracic surgery, Vascular Surgery, Plastic surgery, ENT, & Ophthalmology.While in selective rotations, student will take clinical clerkships in community medicine, preventive medicine, hospital emergency patient care and research.

Studying in a top medical school in the Caribbean will prepare you for a number of residency positions in competitive medical specialties. Graduating from Windsor University School of medicine will make you eligible to apply for residency programs in almost every medical specialty and subspecialty at renowned teaching hospitals of U.S., Canada and different other countries.Our graduates secure residency placements in medical specialties such as surgery, pediatrics, internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, family medicine, anesthesiology, obstetrics and gynecology and different other competitive programs.

Besides providing an excellent academic experience and clinical training, Caribbean medical university provide a myriad of student support services to make your time at our campus spectacular. We provide a range of support, advice and other facilities to make your experience about living in St. Kitts.From housing and transportation facilities to career and psychological counselling, we will make sure to provide student support services to our students that will them continue their education and achieve academic excellence. All of these student support services are designed to enhance the overall experience of studying medicine in a Caribbean medical school.

Windsor University School of Medicine is one of the best Caribbean medical schools that strives to provide its students with the latest learning techniques, digital classrooms, video training and interactive course content. Our students have access to an innovative learning environment including hundreds of videos, digital books, tutorials that enable them to learn the intricate medical concepts and enhance their skills.In addition, our state-of-the-art clinical simulation center facilitates interactive learning through medical simulation that helps students to hone their clinical skills. The ultimate goal of providing this cutting-edge facility is to provide our students with realist learning opportunities and prepare them to apply their knowledge and skills in real health care setting.We believe in providing innovative educational curriculum, research opportunities, interactive learning, standardized patient programs and early clinical exposure to provide necessary skills, knowledge and competency for a medical career.

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Each year the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) carefully assembles a class of 210 students who have achieved academic excellence and demonstrated a commitment to serving others. The diversity of our students includes various agesfrom recent college graduates to those changing careersand students from a wide variety of cultural, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. Everyone here both faculty and staffis invested in helping you become the best physician you can be.

LKSOM confers the MD degree; PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) and MS (Master of Science) degrees in Biomedical Sciences; MMS (Master of Medical Science) in Physician Assistant Studies; MA (Master of Arts) in Urban Bioethics; and the dual degrees MD/PhD, MD/MA in Urban Bioethics, MD/MPH and MD/MBA.

We are a vital part of Temple University and a world-class center of teaching, research and healthcare that offers a total of seven first-professional degree programs.

Temple is renowned for a culture of service. We place particular emphasis on attracting future physicians who will provide care for underserved populations. Through their commitment to fulfilling the medical needs of our North Philadelphia neighbors and surrounding communities, our faculty passes on this tradition of service to our students.

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Gender Bias in Oncology: Q&A With Dr Narjust Duma – Cancer Therapy Advisor

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Narjust Duma, MD, is a thoracic oncologist and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, in Madison, Wisconsin. She is an expert in lung cancer management, sex differences in immunotherapy outcomes, workplace diversity and inclusion, and patient inclusiveness in clinical trials.

DrDuma and colleagues evaluated gender bias in American Society of ClinicalOncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting speaker introductions from past meetings(including presentations from 2017 and 2018) and she along with Miriam A.Knoll, MD, presented their teams findings at the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting.1The results of the study were also published in theJournal ofClinical Oncology (JCO).2

Cancer Therapy Advisorsat down with Dr Duma to get the detailsabout what spurred her to investigate gender bias in oncology, and to learn alittle bit about how speaker ethnicity and nationality may also influence howoncologists are being presented to peers. In addition, Dr Duma spoke about howgender and ethnicity may influence medical school enrollment and theappointment of faculty anddivision chair positions.

This interviewhas been edited for clarity.

Cancer Therapy Advisor (CTA): What prompted your study of gender bias in ASCO Annual Meeting speaker introductions?

Dr Duma: In 2018, I was [attending] the last day of ASCO, which was a Tuesday. Usually half the people at the meeting already go home after Monday. I was in a talk where the speaker the only one for that session was a full professor and was an expert on the field. When the time came to introduce her an expert with numerous honors and everything she was introduced as Julie. And I was like, uh.why is she [just] Julie? Everybody else is Dr so-and-so. That day, I put a poll on Twitter, just to see if I was the only one to pick up on it.

The response was quite overwhelming. A lot of people, including men, answered that yes, we have seen [this happen]. So then I went to ESMO [European Society for Medical Oncology], which is the largest European conference for oncology, and a renowned doctor there was winning the biggest award one can get at ESMO; a woman who has several PhD [degrees] and many honors. During her 10-minute introduction, the speaker omitted her professional title and referred to her as Mrs last name. And everybody before her and after her was introduced as doctor.

I got in touch with our senior author, Dr Miriam Knoll, and we embarked on this study. We watched all of the videos from the 2017 and 2018 [ASCO annual] meetings, [accompanied by] all the transcripts.

CTA: In your teams paper,1 you mentioned recenttrends of improving representation of women in medical school enrollment, butalso persisting gender disparities in faculty and division chair positions.

Dr Duma: Back in the day, women were not allowed to enroll in medicalschool. But that changed about 172 years ago, when Dr Elizabeth Blackwell wasaccepted as a medical student by Hobart College (then called Geneva MedicalCollege), located in Upstate New York.

Now we have more women in medical school than men (approximately 52% of medical school enrollees), but we still have a lag-time bias. The majority of the senior leaders are men. We also see that the system has not been friendly to female doctors. We have a leaky pipe problem. Women encounter so many challenges that we decide to go on to private practice or specialties that are more friendly. Probably because there werent that many women going into medical school 40 years ago and also because things like speaker introductions creates an environment thats not female friendly.

Fighting unconscious bias and gender equity can be exhausting. Particularly in the case of minorities in medicine, who also need to deal with daily microaggressions in the workplace. This leads to career changes away from academic medicine.

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Dell Medical School touts growing number of residents in new report – Austin American-Statesman

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The number of medical residents and fellows providing care in Travis County clinics and hospitals is up by 30 percent since 2012, according to a report released this week by the University of Texas Dell Medical School.

In 2016, there were 287 residents working in county clinics and hospitals, up from 218 in 2012, the community benefit report says. That number is projected to grow to more than 300 by 2020.

When pressed at a Central Health meeting Wednesday night by board member Julie Oliver about why that number would only grow by about 13 in four years, the schools dean, Clay Johnston, said that was a conservative estimate.

The 300 is just reflecting commitments weve already made, Johnston said in his presentation. We actually expect the number to grow faster as we open new residency spots.

Johnston also noted that residency programs roll over every two to four years, bringing new residents into the community and producing new physicians. The programs are funded primarily by a partnership with Seton Healthcare Family.

The report also highlights other areas that Dell Medical School considers it made progress in the past year, including that 79 percent of women in the recently redesigned perinatal care system are keeping postpartum appointments, up from about 40 percent previously, and that the yearlong wait for orthopedic appointment is down to three weeks.

We think the real impact of our work is the redesign, Johnston said at Wednesdays meeting. Because if (care is) provided where the outcomes are better and the costs are lower, we all win even more than having those additional (provider) positions.

The third-annual report comes as the school and Central Health, the county health care district, face criticism from some community groups over the transparency of the schools use of $35 million of taxpayer funds annually. Travis County voters agreed in 2012 to raise property taxes to make that contribution.

Officials argue that the schools doctors and residents work in its affiliated clinics to take care of low-income patients, and in the long term the school will help attract and retain providers.

The report also shows that in the fiscal 2016-17 year, most of taxpayer funds, or a projected $46.1 million, have been used for compensation and employment-related expenses. The rest, $100,000, was used for information technology equipment and software.

Johnston told board members that compensation is the largest budget item at most medical schools, and Dell Medical Schools building costs are covered by other funding sources.

As for whats next, the school plans to open new clinics in the early winter and will continue to work on clinical model redesigns, Johnston said.

No one spoke during citizens communication on Wednesday about the benefit report. Board members on Wednesday were mainly congratulatory of Dell Medical School for the work it has accomplished.

Central Health updates

At Wednesdays regular Central Health meeting, enterprise chief administrative officer Larry Wallace updated the board on proposed efforts to expand health care in eastern Travis County.

Del Valle

Expansion of adult health care services from UT Nursing School, possibly at Creedmoor Elementary. Status: Pending approval from Del Valle school board.

Creation of Del Valle Wellness Clinic at Travis County Employee Healthcare Clinic site on FM 973 that would be open 2 to three days a week. Status: CommUnityCare, a network of public clinics affiliated with Central Health, is seeking federal approval to provide primary care at the site. The project will go before the Travis County Commissioners Court this month.

Long-term, Central Health hopes to build a permanent health canter on existing county property on FM 973. Status: Project will require approval from county commissioners.

Northeastern Travis County

The Austin school district has offered a portable classroom building at Overton Elementary to be used as a Northeast Health Resource Center. Status: School board should make decision in September.

Expansion of operation days at Turner-Roberts Recreation Center, where CommUnityCare provides clinical care through a mobile care team. Status: Central Health discussing with city.

Austins Master Plan calls for the construction of a health care facility in Colony Park. Status: Timeline unknown.

Mobile Loaves and Fishes co-founder and CEO Alan Graham has offered to provide land and assist with the construction of a health center on Hog Eye Road near the Community First Village. Status: Planning stages with Graham and other partners.

Manor

Renovations to existing CommUnityCare health center or construction of new health center. Status: Very early planning stages.

Central Health budget

Central Health is proposing to lower its tax rate to 10.74 cents per $100 taxable valuation from 11.05 cents per $100 taxable valuation. However, because the average homestead value increased from $285,152 to $305,173, the average homestead would still see an increase of about 4 percent, or $12.50, on their tax bill.

The proposed budget includes an increase of $11.7 million in health care delivery operations, which includes reserves and debt service.

The proposed budget and property tax rate will go before the Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. Central Health will hold public hearings on Aug. 30 and Sept. 6, both at 6 p.m. at Central Health Administrative Offices, 1111 E. Cesar Chavez St.

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Our school has emerged as a national leader in primary care medical education, pioneering research and innovative patient care in South Carolina and beyond.

We offer both an M.D. program as well as a number of research-focused and clinicalgraduate programs. Our students enjoy the benefits of small class sizes with all of the resources of a major research university and partnerships withcomprehensive health care systems.

Our programs take full advantage of the University of South Carolina's status as a Tier 1 research university. Our students have access to state-of-the-art technology both on the medical school campus and on the larger university campus. Students also have access to faculty mentors who are eager to collaborate with students.

Thanks to our partnership with Palmetto Health and our community partners, we're able to have a big impact on the health of South Carolinians.ThePalmetto Health USC Medical Group has nearly 700 providers, whopractice in over 100 locations to give you the best options available.

We're home to the Research Center for Transforming Health, an innovative research center that is committed to making it easier for faculty members to do research that will have practical outcomes for patients. We also understand the unique needs of our state. That's why we've created a special focus on rural health that will positivelyimpact the 1.2 million people in South Carolinawho live in a primary care shortage area.

the USC School of Medicine - Columbia in conjunction with Palmetto Health Richland once again will offer the Finding Your Future shadowing program to prospective medical students in South Carolina.

In an effort to connect University of South Carolina researchers interested in cardiovascular research, the School of Medicine's Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy and the Instrumentation Resource Facility are hosting the Carolina Cardiovascular Retreat on Dec. 18.

A study led by Souvik Sen, M.D., Ph.D., chair of clinical neurology, indicates that individuals who experience migraines with a visual aura may have an increased risk of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, and subsequently an increased risk of stroke. The study findings were recently published in Neurology.

Allison Manuel and Professor Frizzell are working to understand how protein modifications function. Hopefully, that knowledge can be used to develop a treatment.

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Learn from highly experienced staff and clinicians

Our large team of talented academics and titleholders, both clinical and non-clinical, will provide you with practical case-based learning, simulated and real world clinical experience, and valuable inter-professional learning opportunities. You will study in the new state-of-the-art Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences building and Adelaide Health Simulation, and have the opportunity to undertake extensive hands-on practice at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Modbury Hospital, Lyell McEwin Hospital and in rural locations.

Learn more about studying with us.

Adelaide Medical School showcases a vibrant research and research training environment, with significant success in attracting external competitive research grant support. Research is undertaken across the entire translational medicine spectrum and is focused on our understanding and treatment of important common diseases, with an important emphasis on multidisciplinary research.

Learn more about our research.

Adelaide Medical School has a proud research record of vigorous and diverse research programs in basic science, with applications to health and clinical research across numerous core disciplines. Each of these discipline areas plays a valuable role in the teaching and research activities of the school.

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In addition to Adelaide Medical Schools accomplished lecturers and researchers, you will also benefit from the dedication and expertise of our extended team of clinical titleholders, who are medical professionals from a wide range of specialist areas.

A vast amount of our undergraduate teaching is performed by clinical titleholders who are highly regarded specialists in their field. We are greatly appreciative of their valuable expertise and support.

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See the top 40 medical research schools.

Aspiring doctors who dream of discovering vaccines and treatments for diseases like cancer should find a program that emphasizes research. Discover which universities earned a top 40 spot in the 2021 U.S. News Best Medical Schools for Research rankings.

40 (tie). Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY)

Full-time enrollment: 779

2019-2020 tuition: $53,709

2019 acceptance rate: 4.3%

More about the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

40 (tie). University of California--Davis

Full-time enrollment: 463

2019-2020 tuition: $38,340 (in-state), $50,585 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 3.1%

More about the UCD School of Medicine.

40 (tie). University of Florida

Full-time enrollment: 561

2019-2020 tuition: $32,744 (in-state), $45,000 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 5.1%

More about the UF College of Medicine.

40 (tie). University of Minnesota

Full-time enrollment: 1,019

2019-2020 tuition: $39,402 (in-state), $56,547 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 4.9%

More about the University of Minnesota Medical School.

38 (tie). Brown University (Alpert) (RI)

Full-time enrollment: 598

2019-2020 tuition: $63,082

2019 acceptance rate: 2.8%

More about the Warren Alpert Medical School.

38 (tie). University of Utah

Full-time enrollment: 500

2019-2020 tuition: $40,538 (in-state), $76,745 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 4.7%

More about the University of Utah School of Medicine.

34 (tie). Ohio State University

Full-time enrollment: 813

2019-2020 tuition: $30,690 (in-state), $41,798 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 5.7%

More about the OSU College of Medicine.

34 (tie). University of Iowa (Carver)

Full-time enrollment: 609

2019-2020 tuition: $36,382 (in-state), $57,157 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 7.1%

More about the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

34 (tie). University of Maryland

Full-time enrollment: 629

2019-2020 tuition: $37,810 (in-state), $66,905 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 6.6%

More about the UMD School of Medicine.

34 (tie). University of Rochester (NY)

Full-time enrollment: 423

2019-2020 tuition: $59,100

2019 acceptance rate: 5.7%

More about the Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

31 (tie). University of Alabama--Birmingham

Full-time enrollment: 799

2019-2020 tuition: $28,978 (in-state), $62,714 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 6.0%

More about the UAB School of Medicine.

31 (tie). University of Colorado

Full-time enrollment: 744

2019-2020 tuition: $40,348 (in-state), $66,304 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 3.7%

More about the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

31 (tie). University of Southern California (Keck)

Full-time enrollment: 747

2019-2020 tuition: $64,538

2019 acceptance rate: 4.6%

More about the Keck School of Medicine.

29 (tie). Boston University

Full-time enrollment: 709

2019-2020 tuition: $62,872

2019 acceptance rate: 6.5%

More about the BU School of Medicine.

29 (tie). University of Virginia

Full-time enrollment: 615

2019-2020 tuition: $43,828 (in-state), $53,952 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 11.7%

More about the UVA School of Medicine.

28. Oregon Health and Science University

Full-time enrollment: 630

2019-2020 tuition: $43,488 (in-state), $66,844 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 4.0%

More about the Oregon Health and Science School of Medicine.

27. University of Wisconsin--Madison

Full-time enrollment: 731

2019-2020 tuition: $36,266 (in-state), $50,201 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 5.5%

More about the School of Medicine and Public Health at University of Wisconsin--Madison.

26. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Full-time enrollment: 911

2019-2020 tuition: $19,910 (in-state), $33,010 (out-of-state)

2019 acceptance rate: 7.0%

More about UT Southwestern Medical Center.

24 (tie). Case Western Reserve University (OH)

Full-time enrollment: 943

2019-2020 tuition: $65,476

2019 acceptance rate: 7.0%

More about the Case Western School of Medicine.

24 (tie). Emory University (GA)

Full-time enrollment: 582

2019-2020 tuition: $51,000

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Bernard P. Lane dies; Stony Brook medical school co-founder was 79 – Newsday

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Bernard P. Lane had a full, rich, productive life in teaching, medical research, public service, music and raising a family on Long Island.

Lane, known as Bernie, was a founding faculty member of the medical school at Stony Brook University, his family and associates say, as well as a professor of pathology there who authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific research papers; was a former president of the faculty senate; head of a number of university, state and national medical organizations; an expert trumpet player; and a devoted family man.

Lane, of Setauket, died July 5 at home after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 79.

A native of Brooklyn, Lane received an undergraduate degree from Brown University, a medical degree from New York University and a master of science degree in management from Stony Brook in 1992.

As a professor of pathology, Lane taught at Stony Brook from 1971 until he retired in 2014. Before coming to Stony Brook, he taught for several years at New York University Medical School.

Lane was director of the pathology residence program for 25 years, mentoring scores of pathologists who have gone on to positions in hospitals and academic medical centers both locally and nationally, his wife, Dorothy Lane, associate dean for Continuing Medical Education at Stony Brook, said in a statement. The couple were married 53 years.

He was also director of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory and the founding chairman of the board of directors of the Clinical Management Plan at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Outside of the university on Long Island, Lane was at times president of the Suffolk County Medical Society, the Suffolk County Pathology Society and the Long Island Division of the American Cancer Society.

Nationally, he was chairman of the National Group on Faculty Practice of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

In the early days of the medical school, Lane felt rewarded by the pioneering spirit of these first students . . . and by the successes of the thousands he taught in the decades that followed, his wife said.

In addition to his extensive medical and public service, Lane also had time for his family and for cultural life on Long Island.

Lane greatly enjoyed raising a family on Long Island, spending countless hours at West Meadow Beach [in Stony Brook] and making day trips to South Shore beaches in the summers, his wife wrote. He also regularly attended concerts and theatrical performances at Stony Brook, Bellport and Westbury, she said.

My Dad enjoyed many things in life, recalled his daughter, Erika Neil, of Chantilly, Virginia, in remarks prepared for his funeral service. He was a gifted trumpet player who loved music. I have fond memories of him playing Herb Alpert on the record player, and of him playing trumpet while I accompanied him on the piano.

In addition to his wife and daughter, Lane is survived by two sons: Andrew Lane of Baltimore and Matthew Lane of Los Angeles; and four grandchildren.

A graveside funeral service was held July 7 at Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Mt. Sinai. In lieu of flowers, his family requested that donations be made either to the Stony Brook Cancer Center of the American Cancer Society.

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A million-dollar gift shines a spotlight on the Schneck Anatomy Lab – Temple University News

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The right class inspires you for a lifetime. Thats how S. Jay Hirsh, MED 70, feels. Its why he donated $1 million to the Schneck Gross Anatomy Lab at the Lewis Katz School of Medicinea gift to the school that helped shape his career as a doctor.

His donation will create the S. Jay Hirsh, MD Endowed Anatomy Lab Fund, which will help ensure students in the lab always have access to the most sophisticated environment and tools for teaching and learning.

Named in honor of Carson D. Schneck, MED 59, 65, who taught at the Katz School of Medicine for five decades, the Gross Anatomy Labgross in this sense means largeis home to the first course medical students take at Temple and serves as their introduction to medical school as a whole.

Every day, for seven weeks, first-year students work their way across the human body in stages, from the limbs to body cavities to the head, dissecting specific regions one at a time.

There are no lectures. Instead, professors lead conferences in which students discuss medical cases that help put the anatomy they have studied into a clinical context.

Popoff teaches students in the lab. (Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg)

We teach an anatomy course here that is really taught strictly from the basis of clinical correlation, said Steven N. Popoff, the John Franklin Huber Chair of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Katz School of Medicine, who teaches in the lab.

Clinical correlation is an approach that encourages students to make diagnoses based on a combination of physical examinations, clinical findings, medical history and imaging results. Students dissect the head and neck, for example, then discuss diseases or injuries which affect the function of specific cranial nerves.

Theyre not just memorizing structure without having any context to put it in, Popoff said. Theyre learning anatomy thats then put into some form of clinical context.

Students receive a study guide and dissection manual developed by Temples faculty, and electronic copies of the Schneck Notes: More than 400 pages, written mostly by Schneck, that focus on the clinical relevance of the anatomy they study.

They are also taught how to look at anything from a simple X-ray to an MRI scan, becoming familiar with the imaging technology they will use as practicing doctors.

With imaging and computer programs an increasingly important part of teaching anatomy, Hirshs gift will support the labs investments in new technology and ensure its always ready to serve the next generation of students.

For a first course, Popoff said, [the lab] certainly gives them a real taste of medical school that sets it apart from previous educational experiences they have had.

Students consult electronic copies of their study guides and dissection manuals as they work. (Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg)

Besides being their first class, the lab is also the first contact most students have with cadavers. I know a lot of students are timid at firstI definitely wasto pick up a scalpel and make that first incision, said Harrison Davis, a first-year medical student.

Theyre worried they might harm the body in front of them, even though the person isnt alive.

Not everybody wants to be a surgeon. Some people really love it. Every day they load the scalpel with a blade and they get right to it. And other people, thats not their thing, Davis said. A lot of students have to go past their comfort zone.

The cadaver is your first patient, said Anne Coyle, a second year. Working on one in the lab encourages you to figure out how to learn and get what you need from them and also make sure to respect who they are or were.

For Coyle, her hands-on experience in the lab was the turning point for her deciding to become a surgeon. Everything was so tangible, she said. The things in anatomy are things that Ill never forget learning.

The lab also changes the way students see the human body, a biological wonder we often take for granted.

Take the heart. Its pumping every single second of your life. But then youre actually seeing it in a persons body and holding it, Coyle said. For me it just takes it to a whole other level of connection.

No two bodies are completely alike. Every cadaver is different. Every persons anatomy is different, said Justin Ly, also a second-year student. They all have similar structures, but how they look on different body types is completely different.

For some medical students, anatomy class is a rite of passage. (Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg)

In their fourth year, students can choose to go back into the lab for a refresher on what theyve learned and to specialize in the anatomy that interests them.

Everything else that you do in medical school, I think theres really not many instances where you dont think back to the organs in the body, or just the anatomy, said Anthony Coppola, a fourth year.

Its almost like a rite of passage, he said. When youre doing anatomy you feel like you truly are a medical student because youre doing something so different, something that not many students are privileged to get to do.

Working in the lab taught Hirsh a great deal besides anatomy. It taught me that I was now part of a group of very special men and women who were on a long journey to becoming a doctor, he said. It taught me companionship. It taught me family values, and it taught me to respect the body that we were working on.

He remembers all his teachers fondly, but Schneck, who had just begun his teaching career when Hirsh met him, stood out. He was an extremely brilliant gentleman who loved his work, Hirsh said. He knew how to teach, he knew what to teach. And he was like an encyclopedia.

Hirsh had wanted to make a significant gift to the Katz School of Medicine for a long time. It wasnt something new. It was something I always wanted to do, he said. Because Temple, this institution was the first institution that really made me believe that I was part of their family.

Thats something that got me through medical school, being, feeling like I was part of that place. It meant so much to me.

Make a gift to support the excellent medical education, research and clinical care at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine by visiting: giving.temple.edu/givetomed.

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Dr Jennifer Logue of Lancaster University Medical School has been awarded 500,000 by the National Institute for Health Research to examine the effectiveness of NHS and local government interventions to treat obesity.

The three year project entitled BEhavioural Weight Management: COMponents of Effectiveness (BE:COME) is jointly led by Dr Logue, who is a Clinical Reader in Metabolic Medicine, and Professor Olivia Wu who is Professor of Health Technology Assessment at the University of Glasgow.

Behavioural weight management intervention programmes are the main NHS funded treatment for obesity in the UK.

Most often these are community-based groups which meet weekly for 12 weeks, focusing on diet, physical activity and behavioural change.

Dr Logue said: We want to find out which parts of the programmes are linked to weight-loss, and what the best combination of parts is for different groups of people taking part.

For example, one programme may have exercise classes every week but another may simply give advice on being more active. These differences are seen across the recommended diets, the help for people to plan and stick to the programme and things related to how the programme is run, such as the training of the staff or how far people need to travel to take part.

It has been difficult to compare behavioural weight management intervention programmes and see what works best because researchers have used different

ways to describe the weight-loss results in studies, or do not fully describe what the programme involved for participants.

The project will aim to find out which ones are effective.

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Medical school is one of the most intensive, fast-paced degree programs you can pursue. While med students are often full of passion and enthusiasm, its also easy to succumb to periods of high stress and burnout. If youre applying for medical programs, you need to know how to take care of yourself in med school and beyond. Here are three tips for creating a supportive, healthy environment for yourself throughout your medical career.

No matter what you do in life, its important to have a support system. Classes, labs, and studying can monopolize your time and keep you from friends and family. Make a point of reaching out to your loved ones. Schedule time to hang out with your friends. Call family members who live far away. Maintaining these important relationships is a great way to nurture support and positivity throughout even the most stressful periods of life.

When life gets busy, a normal routine can help you manage your stress and stay on top of all your obligations. Make schedules, checklists, and other systems for yourself to help organize your day-to-day needs. This might mean blocking out time to go to the gym every day or creating a meal prep plan at the beginning of the week. While its important to include work and studying in your routine, you should also make time for relaxation, fun, and plenty of rest. Additionally, try to createand stick toa regular morning and nighttime routine. When you go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, you get more restful sleep and are more alert and productive throughout the day.

Medical school is a lot of work, and even with the best self-care practices, youll probably find yourself occasionally facing endless days or sleepless nights. Just remember that theres a reason you wanted to do this in the first place. Keep your goals and enthusiasm in mind. Your passion for this field is what will help you through the program and on your way to a fantastic career.

When you know how to take care of yourself in med school, you can build healthy habits that stick with you for the entirety of your career. Its important to follow these and other self-care tips throughout your life as a medical professional. When you take good care of yourself, you can take better care of every patient who needs your help.

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Post-Doctoral Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in End of Life Care job with UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE | 196279 – Times Higher…

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Ref: A2954-RPost-Doctoral Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in End of Life CareDepartment: Lancaster Medical SchoolSalary range: 28,331 to 34,804Closing Date: Monday 24 February 2020Contract: Temporary

Lancaster Medical School is offering an exciting research opportunity hosted between academic palliative medicine and The Centre for Health Informatics, Computation and Statistics (CHICAS) funded by Sir John Fisher Foundation. We are looking for a talented data analysist / epidemiologist for a two year Senior/Research Associate in End-of-Life Care.

The research project is to explore use of existing health data from South Cumbria and Lancashire to inform how the models of care provided for patients (especially those with non-cancer conditions) at the end of their lives should be shaped.

We invite applications from enthusiastic individuals with experience in curating data and possess excellent statistical computing skills and the ability to analyse large database.

You will be expected to write and submit high-quality research papers, disseminate research results by giving talks and tutorials at conferences and other institutions, assist with preparing grant proposals, and undertake other research activities as needed. Please see Job Description for more details.

CHICAS is a vibrant and diverse research group within the Lancaster Medical School, comprising researchers in epidemiology, machine learning, statistical genomics and spatial and longitudinal statistics. The group has close ties to both the School of Mathematics and Statistics, and the Lancaster Data Science Institute, all of which have a reputation for excellence statistical and computational research.

Lancaster Medical School is a young medical school in a high-ranking, forward-looking university. Lancaster University is one of the top ten UK universities (The Complete University Guide 2018) and the Times International University of the Year 2020. Significant investment in the creation of a Health Innovation Campus, adjacent to the main campus, makes this an exciting time to join Lancaster University, with the move to the new 41 million first phase of building scheduled for Easter 2020.

Lancaster University is one of the top ten UK universities (The Complete University Guide 2018) and the Times International University of the Year 2020.

The Faculty provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education.

Informal inquiries can be made to Dr Amy Gadoud: a.gadoud@lancaster.ac.uk

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

For further information and to apply online please click the apply button. Lancaster University - ensuring equality of opportunity and celebrating diversity.

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