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Covid-19 and medical education: patients’ teaching role moves online
Jul 21, 2020
A BMJ blog piece from the University of Montreal who share their approach to supporting their patient trainers transition from traditional face to face delivery of teaching to online in response to COVID-19. We hear from the various stakeholders about their experiences with the change in delivery.
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At Last, the Medical Profession Is Speaking Out for Black Lives
Jul 16, 2020
This may be an uncomfortable read for some but a worthy read. An article from Max Tiako about the BLM movement and medical education. How can we support permanent changes to medical education to make it fairer and remove the systemic injustices that persist?
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Third-year University of Colorado medical students start clinical rotations in northern Colorado
Jul 16, 2020
News article about the rolling out of Univesity of Colorado's Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship where students spend time out of the traditional 'big city' environment and in Northern Colorado.
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Medical Student Creates Handbook of Clinical Signs on Black and Brown Skin
Jul 14, 2020
A news article featuring a Q&A with the author Malone Mukwende about the development of his recent handbook "Mind the Gap". A much needed handbook for trainee doctors that provides examples of various illnesses and diseases and how these can present on different skin tones.
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Training in telemedicine a must for doctors; to be a short-term course
Jul 02, 2020
An article from the New Indian Express discussing how doctors providing telemedicine in India will soon need to be certified via a short course by the country's medical regulator in order to practice telemedicine.
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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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