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Why systems thinking is make or break for medical students’ careers
May 21, 2021
An article from the AMA discussing systems thinking and its relationship to the master adaptive learning process.
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Startup gets Epic Games' grant to expand VR training platform
Apr 29, 2021
Article on how an Australian VR Start Up has recently received a grant to develop skills training in hospitals and medical schools.
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NOSM receives 10th Rural Medical Education Award
Apr 28, 2021
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine was honoured by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada with the Rural Medical Education Award on April 13.
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University of Sunderland Hails Progress on New Medical Centre of Excellence
Apr 26, 2021
News on the new medical centre being built for anatomy department. This will be support the newly-established school of medicine.
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GMC survey to assess COVID impact on GP training
Apr 20, 2021
News article on the up coming NTS this year which will be returning to the full survey after last year's scaled back one.
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Studying Shakespeare could help medical students connect with patients
Apr 01, 2021
An article on picking up on the role that medical humanities has in medical education. In this case, how studying Shakespeare could help enhance student-patient connection.
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Medical education rule tweak to hit MSc, PhD degree-holders
Mar 28, 2021
An article from the Times of India discussing the changes to faculty hiring regulations set to cut the number of eligible candidates
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Explained: Covid-19 pandemic and its transformational impact on the medical education
Mar 16, 2021
An article from India Today discussing how the pandemic brought a pause to the routine learning schedule, highlighting the need for the medical education sector to adapt to the need for new learning environments.
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