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SPOTLIGHT: Could social media threaten medical students' job prospects?
A new study suggests that a full 60 percent of medical schools felt students' posts on social networks like Facebook and Twitter were inappropriate. Meanwhile, recruiters are using these networks to... Read more...
Web 2.0 increasingly included in medical, nursing curriculum
Maybe you're not big on using social networks, but it seems that next-generation nurses and doctors likely will be. A new study by the Journal of the Medical Library Association concludes that a... Read more...
Report calls for innovation in medical education
With expansion going on at almost all U.S. medical schools--adding about 5,000 new physicians to the profession by 2020--it's a great time for medical educators to think out of the box, according to... Read more...
Trend: More physicians offer alternative medicine
For the most part, the healthcare profession has been moving further and further in the direction of evidence-based approaches. However, a growing number of physicians are also looking at... Read more...
Survey says: Hospitals not treating pain sufficiently
Hospitals are not treating pain as well as they could, says a new survey out today from the New England Journal of Medicine. The survey, which was done in hospitals from 40 major metropolitan areas,... Read more...
Medtronic to disclose gifts to healthcare groups
Perhaps going with the prevailing winds--which definitely favor disclosing gifts to healthcare players before the state makes you do it--medical devicemaker Medtronic has decided to voluntarily... Read more...
Mannequins help doctors practice their moves
Sometimes, when medical schools want to teach students the basics--or senior faculty some new tricks--they hire live people to come in and play the role of a patient with one disorder or another.... Read more...
Study: Women scarce in neurosurgery
Though half of all students enrolled in U.S. medical schools are female, things look much different for the field of neurosurgery, according to a new research report. At present, female... Read more...
NYC hospitals board member resigns over Caribbean residency deal
A board member of New York City's Health and Hospitals Corp. has resigned in the wake of a controversy over his role in bringing in a 10-year, $100 million Read more...
In controversial deal, New York signs Caribbean med school for training
Amid a storm of protest, New York City's Health and Hospitals Corp. has signed a 10-year, $100 million deal with a Caribbean medical school to provide clinical training for students at the city's 11... Read more...
