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ARI’s anaesthetics department praised by education chiefs
Jan 16, 2019
News article from the Press & Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland). NHS Grampian has been praised by national education chiefs for the standard of training it provides in its anaesthetics department.
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Healing alone: the story of a first-year doctor and a widower in hospital
Jan 15, 2019
Comic strip published in the Guardian from Isabel Hanson and Safdar Ahmed that looks at the impact that medical education has on a new doctor.
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Budding doctors will study medicine after taking part in Aberdeen University initiative
Jan 07, 2019
Replacement News article from "Scotland implements widened access to medical education" as previous article was incorrect. It stated Glasgow and Dundee when it should have been Glasgow and Aberdeen. Many thanks for update/correction - keep the news coming in.
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Enough Talk: Preventing Burnout During Medical TrainingEnough Talk: Preventing Burnout During Medical Training
Jan 04, 2019
Alexia Mieses looks at what the medical education community is actually doing about trying to prevent burnout in medical students and physicians.
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Machine learning and medical education
Jan 02, 2019
With the increased use of artificial intelligence in medicine, how do we incorporate this into medical education in order to establish in future doctors an understanding of how AI knowledge can be administered and utilised in the clinical setting?
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Programme shows pupils the work of GPs
Dec 18, 2018
News article from rural Scotland. NHS Highland has extended its scheme to give school pupils experience of medicine to now include general practice.
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Government to cut years required for medical studies
Dec 14, 2018
News from Luxembourg of new reforms from 2020 that will reduce medical training time in an attempt to increase the number of clinicians in the country.
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Breaking from tradition in medical education architecture
Dec 13, 2018
Dr. Annmarie Adams gave a talk last week where, using McGill's architecture as a focus, she highlighted how the built environment of medical schools and hospitals can reflect and reveal many of the unspoken priorities of medicine and medical education.
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