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NewsMed schools teach empathy through the arts
When medical students aren't dissecting cadavers or studying organic chemistry, they're writing poems and creative essays. That's because medical schools are using humanities classes as part of Read more...
Video games could enhance med school education, students say
Medical students would like to use video games in med school, according to findings from a survey published online in BMC Medical Education. Virtually all of the students surveyed (98 percent) like Read more...
Med school admission sans hard science? Mount Sinai says it's so
While traditionally, medical schools have used indicators like Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores and performance in advanced science and math courses to evaluate and admit students, the Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Physician shortage sparks innovation in addressing med school debt
As medical schools and policymakers scramble to address the nation's physician shortage, a proposal published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology offers an intriguing solution to Read more...
Study: Attitudes over doctor-industry ties not as evolved as we think
Despite the negative attention recently cast on physician-industry ties, a new study by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine reveals that most individual physicians are still welcoming of Read more...
Man convicted of selling UCLA cadavers
A businessman has been found guilty of grand theft, embezzlement and tax evasion charges for selling human body parts donated to UCLA's medical school. Ernest Nelson, 51, was convicted of selling Read more...
Despite economy, medical schools expanding rapidly
Despite the sick economy, the medical school business is quite healthy, thank you very much. With doctor shortages barreling down on U.S. communities and the population graying, there's plenty of Read more...
Study: One-fourth of new doctors graduate with $200K+ in debt
Well, we knew things were bad financially for graduating physicians, but here's some recent, and scary, statistics. Almost one-fourth of U.S. med students now graduate from medical school with Read more...
Narrative medicine may give us better, more empathic doctors
With evidence growing that exposure to literature and writing during medical training can humanize the teaching process, medical programs are incorporating short stories, poems, and essays into their Read more...
AAMC reports decrease in first-time med school applicants
Enrollment figures at the nation's medical schools are the highest in history, but the number of first-time applicants declined slightly this year. According to the Association of American Medical Read more...
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