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MedEdWorld News provides medical education updates on the latest developments, awards, and projects. It includes reports from medical education events and news from organisations. Members of the MedEdWorld Community make contributions.
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Wikipedia in Medical Education: An Educator's Guide to Crowdsourcing
Dec 03, 2018
Addressing concerns from health professors less familiar with digital resources, Jennifer Meka, PhD, of the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, developed a framework for incorporating online content into medical education.
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Lessons for medical education from a health emergency 35,000 feet over the Pacific
Nov 29, 2018
Richard Schwartzstein reflects on the benefits of being able to pull on his broad and comprehensive training in medical school and questions whether the move towards specialist training earlier is a good thing.
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Tokyo Medical University stripped of accreditation
Nov 22, 2018
The fall out continues from the rigged entrance examinations for a Japanese medical school.
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Power of positivity can help med students achieve their dreams
Nov 19, 2018
Interesting news article about coaching in medical education featuring the culmination of years of research from the eminent Prof Boyatzis.
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Is Skipping Med School Lectures Making Inferior Doctors?
Nov 14, 2018
Article about the impact of lecture attendance on medical students
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School of Medicine wins ASPIRE award for Excellence in Student Engagement
Nov 08, 2018
Imperial College London: School of Medicine representatives were officially presented with the award at the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) conference.
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Scotland implements widened access to medical education
Nov 07, 2018
The Scottish government’s attempt to broaden access for medical education has proven successful, according to the BMA
*see updated post as there was a mistake in quoted news article*
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New medical school set to offer early exposure to general practice
Nov 06, 2018
A news article from Pulse, reporting on a new medical school that is due to open in 2021 with a focus on attracting students to a career in General Practice.
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