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How the nation's newest doctors are coping with disruptions caused by COVID-19
Jul 01, 2020
A report from the United States discussing the impact COVID-19 has had on graduating doctors beginning the first years of their residencies.
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China's medical education accrediting agency awarded WFME recognition status
Jun 23, 2020
Article on China's Medical Education agency's recent recognition by the World Federation for Medical Education.
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2 Ways How Coronavirus Has Severely Impacted Medical Education
Jun 21, 2020
News article from Sai Balasubramanian at Forbes looking at the impact of Covid19 on medical education. Specifically, clinical immersion and administrative complexities and the challenges the virus has thrown up.
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Times Higher Education: ‘Prioritise professional subjects in Covid-19 recovery’, says poll
Jun 10, 2020
An article from Times Higher Education discussing a report from University Alliance suggesting that public support is highest for applied degrees, also backing increased university support for NHS.
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Scholarly Kitchen: We Step Aside: Racism and Medicine
Jun 08, 2020
A recent publication from Scholarly Kitchen providing a list of papers from the BMJ's February 2020 special issue on racism and medicine, featuring a number of papers focusing on problems of racism present in medical education.
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Higher education and the Covid-19 crisis
May 28, 2020
News article from the UK, looking at how higher education, and medical education specifically, has responded to the pandemic.
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Outpatient visits declining in the US during COVID-19 pandemic
May 26, 2020
A news article from Harvard University providing an update on the impact COVID-19 is having on medical education, practice, and research.
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Program director shares how she’s keeping medical students engaged in the face of COVID-19 restrictions
May 24, 2020
An article by Wayne State University on how one of their programme directors is keeping students engaged in the current health crisis.
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