News
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.
This section has open access. MedEdWorld members can submit information for inclusion.
So many medical students, so few clerkship sites
Sep 10, 2020
An article from the AAMC discussing the lack of clerkship sites in relation to the number of medical students.
read full story
‘Why are medical school students reluctant to become surgeons?’
Sep 07, 2020
A news story from the Korea Biomedical Review discussing the reluctance of medical students to become surgeons despite their interest in surgery and their desire to learn more on the topic.
read full story
How to help medical students keep tabs on their mental health
Sep 04, 2020
An article from the AMA discussing the best means of helping medical students to deal with mental health issues that may arise as a result of studying medicine during a pandemic, and also generally.
read full story
You’re an academic coach. Do you know which questions to ask?
Sep 01, 2020
An article from the AMA on the appropriate questions to ask of your students when you are in the role of an academic coach, and the research behind academic coaching.
read full story
We need more transgender and gender nonbinary doctors
Sep 01, 2020
An article hosted by the AAMC on the need for transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) representation within the medical field to help alleviate TGNB patients' concerns regarding the specific issues they face, sometimes from health care providers.
read full story
Covid-19 and medical education: patients’ teaching role moves online
Jul 21, 2020
A BMJ blog piece from the University of Montreal who share their approach to supporting their patient trainers transition from traditional face to face delivery of teaching to online in response to COVID-19. We hear from the various stakeholders about their experiences with the change in delivery.
read full story
At Last, the Medical Profession Is Speaking Out for Black Lives
Jul 16, 2020
This may be an uncomfortable read for some but a worthy read. An article from Max Tiako about the BLM movement and medical education. How can we support permanent changes to medical education to make it fairer and remove the systemic injustices that persist?
read full story
Third-year University of Colorado medical students start clinical rotations in northern Colorado
Jul 16, 2020
News article about the rolling out of Univesity of Colorado's Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship where students spend time out of the traditional 'big city' environment and in Northern Colorado.
read full story