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We are three academics from three nations sharing ideas to transform Indigenous health
Nov 07, 2019
From the Guardian. Reflections on the importance of continued long term collaborations and how it can improve medical education.
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Interview: Abraham Verghese on transforming medical education
Nov 04, 2019
Interview from UCL News with Professor Verghese who says drastic changes are needed in medical education to keep up with transformation in other areas of medicine.
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in-Training: Continuing Medical Education on Trans Health: US Trans Health
Oct 30, 2019
A second year medical student from University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Columbia provides an opinion piece on the need for improved CME in regards to Trans health in the United States.
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WNPR: Yale Medical Residents And Fellows Draft 'Bill of Rights' To Improve Training Programs
Oct 29, 2019
Medical interns, residents and fellows at Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital presented a Resident and Fellow Bill of Rights to senior faculty as they advocated for improvements in working environment and physician well-being, Wed., Oct. 16, 2019
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Should we be testing doctors for empathy?
Oct 24, 2019
Article looking at whether we should be measuring empathy across the medical education continuum, starting with applicants to medical school.
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PMDC dissolved, new body to regulate medical profession
Oct 21, 2019
News article about the change in regulators (PMDC to PMC) for medical and dental education in Pakistan that is currently underway.
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Psychiatrist who started a quiet revolution in medicine
Oct 18, 2019
As part of Black History Month, this news article shares the impact that Dr Aggrey Burke had on exposing the 'colour bar' that existed in medical school selection in the early 1980s and the reform that has happened since.
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Resonance podcast: What is the future of medical education?
Oct 17, 2019
Drs. Anoop Agrawal and Tyson Pillow discuss how technological innovation has impacted medical education, and how educational institutions are adapting to better instruct tomorrow’s physicians on the Resonance podcast.
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