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Medical education to change for new normal
Oct 23, 2020
News report from the Southeast Medical Education and Service Alliance Conference held virtually in China
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Teaching Antiracism to the Next Generation of Doctors: Challenging racism’s deleterious effects requires first identifying its many forms
Oct 21, 2020
Article about how the current medical education pedagogies do not challenge racism. The author highlights approaches that can be incorporated to engage learners in a journey to help excavate the racism that has shaped the profession and support them as tomorrow's doctors to do better.
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COVID-19 disrupted training for four in five doctors, GMC survey shows
Oct 20, 2020
Luke Haynes from GPOnline reports on a recent GMC poll that looked at the impact of COVID on access to training required for GP Trainees.
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Symposium examines psychological safety for simulation-based medical education
Oct 19, 2020
News article reporting from the 4th Annual Symposium on Optimising Health Professions Education with Simulation-Based Learning: Psychological Safety in Times of Covid-19.
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The Network: Towards Unity For Health Fellowship applications
Oct 14, 2020
In TUFH's Partnership with the Beyond Flexner Alliance, they are currently accepting applications for their Atlantic Fellows 2021 Program.
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Medical Residents Want Training in How Climate Change Affects Their Specialties
Oct 12, 2020
An article from NPR reporting on input from medical residents, who wish to incorporate more training to prepare them for the associated health risks that come along with climate change.
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Covid-19 has shown us we need to ingrain values of equality into medical education
Oct 07, 2020
An article from the BMJ discussing the need for greater equality within medical education.
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5 ways the pandemic may transform medical education
Oct 06, 2020
An article from the AMA discussing the lasting effects the COVID-19 pandemic may have on the future of medical education.
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