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McGill approves new Institute of Health Sciences Education
May 29, 2019
McGill University are happy to announce the new Institute of Health Sciences Education. The Institute, replacing the Centre for Medical Education, is now an academic hiring and teaching unit that can provide graduate programs in health sciences education. This is the first of its kind in Canada.
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How not to get bored mid-career
May 22, 2019
Dr Kathy Oxtoby highlights the benefits of getting involved in Medical Education as a clinician (if you are not already) to avoid that plateau mid-career.
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MedCity News: Playing doctor: The evolution of videogames in healthcare
May 19, 2019
As videogames have become mainstream and emerged from the dimly-lit arcade rooms of years past, gaming technology has found increasing application in medical training, pain management, rehab, and digital therapeutics.
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How to make primary healthcare a favourable career choice for medical students: strategies and reflections
May 19, 2019
News article from Ms. Alaa Abusufian E. Dafallah, a 6th year medical student from University of Khartoum, Sudan with 5 years of experience in the field of student advocacy and medical education development in Sudan and Africa.
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GMC sets out plan to end barriers for doctors and medical students with disabilities
May 14, 2019
The GMC has vowed to end inconsistencies in support for junior doctors and medical students with disabilities - promising 'more tools and flexibility' to help trainees fulfil their potential.
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6,700 rural students to receive free medical education
May 13, 2019
China's medical colleges will enroll 6,700 rural students who will work for rural health centers in central and western China upon graduation, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Education.
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RACGP: ‘Missing out on some great doctors’: Medical training and disability
Apr 16, 2019
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) present a profile on Jerusha Mather, a PhD student in biomedical science, who has cerebral palsy and has ideas on how to improve the access for people with disabilities to medical education.
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'Lovely' and 'scientific' -- Medical student evaluations differ by gender and minority status
Apr 16, 2019
In the largest analysis to date of narrative medical school evaluations, researchers at UC San Francisco and Brown University have found significant differences in how female and underrepresented minority medical students are described.
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