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WNPR: Yale Medical Residents And Fellows Draft 'Bill of Rights' To Improve Training Programs
Oct 29, 2019
Medical interns, residents and fellows at Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital presented a Resident and Fellow Bill of Rights to senior faculty as they advocated for improvements in working environment and physician well-being, Wed., Oct. 16, 2019
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Should we be testing doctors for empathy?
Oct 24, 2019
Article looking at whether we should be measuring empathy across the medical education continuum, starting with applicants to medical school.
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PMDC dissolved, new body to regulate medical profession
Oct 21, 2019
News article about the change in regulators (PMDC to PMC) for medical and dental education in Pakistan that is currently underway.
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Psychiatrist who started a quiet revolution in medicine
Oct 18, 2019
As part of Black History Month, this news article shares the impact that Dr Aggrey Burke had on exposing the 'colour bar' that existed in medical school selection in the early 1980s and the reform that has happened since.
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Resonance podcast: What is the future of medical education?
Oct 17, 2019
Drs. Anoop Agrawal and Tyson Pillow discuss how technological innovation has impacted medical education, and how educational institutions are adapting to better instruct tomorrow’s physicians on the Resonance podcast.
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AAMC: Climate change in the curriculum
Oct 14, 2019
The American Association of Medical Colleges provides a summary of the changes occurring in medical schools in the USA with regard to climate change and its role on health, and therefore on healthcare providers.
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UGA Today: Medical Partnership expands class size by 50 percent
Oct 10, 2019
The Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership located in Athens is advancing plans to expand its class size from 40 students currently to 60 students in 2021 as part of a broader strategy to address Georgia’s critical shortage of physicians.
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The Denis O’Leary Medical Educator Award
Oct 10, 2019
The Oxford Centre for Medical Education (OxCME) has created a new award for medical educators in memory of the late Dr Denis O’Leary following a generous donation from the O’Leary family. This award will be presented for the first time in April 2020.
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