Opioids given in the ER don’t influence patient satisfaction surveys – Video

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A new study co-authored by investigators at UMass Medical School found no correlation between opioids administered in the emergency room and Press Ganey ED patient satisfaction scores, one...

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Medical School ups diversity

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The University of Minnesota Medical School enrolled a record number of first-year students of color this academic year.

About one-third of the schools 170 first-year students are from multicultural backgrounds a statistic the school gathered by asking applicants to self-identify. Despite the schools success with recruiting students of color, some students say there is still room for added diversity among enrollees.

Mary Tate, director of the Medical Schools Minority Affairs and Diversity office, said the school hasnt changed its recruitment methods, but instead has put more emphasis on attracting students of color.

I think one of the things thats in place is that they do feel a sense of community from this school, she said.

The schools recruitment efforts include a pilot program that connects high school students in need of mentoring with Medical School students, Tate said.

In the program, Medical School students spend four years mentoring ninth-grade students of color at Higher Ground Academy in St. Paul, Tate said. The Medical School hopes that with the pilot program, the students in the academy consider attending the University for undergraduate education, and later for medical school.

Julen Harris, a second-year medical student, said the schools increased diversity was part of the reason she decided to attend.

She said although the Medical School is a welcoming place for students of color, she thinks officials could do more to attract those types of students.

The increase in numbers [makes me] hopeful, Harris said. I think its a really positive thing.

Tate said students who choose not to attend the Universitys Medical School receive a questionnaire asking them why they made that decision. Most students answer that they wouldnt receive enough financial aid to afford the school or that it lacks diversity, she said.

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Einstein medical students push for Montefiore takeover

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We need a merger, stat!

Hundreds of doctors-in-training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx will rally at the school Tuesday in support of a proposed partnership with healthcare giant Montefiore Medical Center.

Montefiore had agreed last May to take over the finances and day-to-day operations of the world-renowned but ailing Morris Park medical school from its operator, Yeshiva University.

But talks were scrapped in December because the parties were unable to agree on certain terms, a Yeshiva spokesman said.

Nearly 200 medical students from the schools four-year program hope to revive negotiations by showing enthusiastic support for a merger, according to Albert Einsteins student council.

The students who go here really want the deal to go through, said Dayle Hodge, 31, the councils chief delegate.

The rally is meant to nudge them in the right direction.

The student body fears the cash-strapped school will be forced to lay off nontenured faculty or get rid of the research-based graduate program, Hodge said.

Such a move would be catastrophic, the fifth-year student said.

Medical students would still be able to get their degrees, but the prestige would go way down, Hodge said.

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Schafer was the ninth Air Force surgeon general

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In more than 30 years of military service, George E. Schafer rose through the medical officer ranks, becoming surgeon general of the Air Force.

Schafer had followed his father into the medical profession and graduated from medical school at the University of Cincinnati in 1946.

We found pictures of my dad with a stethoscope, listening to the back of his older brother laying down in a wagon, son Jeffery Schafer said.

His dream was to one day work alongside his father, but when the younger Schafer was in college, his father died. Schafer joined the Air Force in 1947 after completing a surgical residency.

He was in medical school during World War II and always wanted to serve his country. When (his father) died, that dream was over, so he found another way to practice, Jeffery Schafer said.

Schafer died Jan. 23 at the age of 92.

Schafer had married his high school sweetheart, Marjorie, in 1943, a union that lasted 71 years until she died last year.

While stationed at Randolph AFB, Schafer attended the School of Aviation Medicine, which specializes in the treatment and prevention of certain conditions to which aircrews are susceptible.

After training, Schafer was assigned as a flight surgeon to the 4th Fighter Group, making him the first full-time surgeon in a jet aircraft group. Through the years, Schafer was stationed across the globe, including Germany and Vietnam.

In 1962, he returned to San Antonio and served as assistant deputy chief in research and development of staff, then as deputy chief of staff for operations, in the Headquarters Aerospace Medical Division at Brooks AFB.

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