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Sen. Grassley Prods Med Schools About Medical Journal Ghostwriting Practices "Senator Charles E. Grassley wrote to 10 top medical schools Tuesday to ask what they are doing about professors who put their names on ghostwritten articles in medical journals - and why that practice was any different from plagiarism by students," The New York Times reports. ...more	19 Nov 2009
HHMI Announces 4-Year Grant For Innovative Biomedical Training The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has committed four years' worth of funding for an innovative biomedical training program between Rice University and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The unique program -- founded with a 2006 HHMI grant -- capitalizes on the strengths of Rice's top-10-ranked bioengineering program and M.D. Anderson's internationally renowned clinical programs. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Patients At UCSD Hospital Three Times More Likely To Survive Cardiac Arrest With New Advanced Resuscitation Training Program ZOLL Medical Corporation (NasdaqGS: ZOLL) announced that in a "Best of the Best" presentation at the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium in Orlando Florida, Daniel P. Davis, M.D., presented research from the University of California Resuscitation Research Center that shows a major improvement in patient outcome after cardiac arrest. Dr. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Doctors Face Image Problems; Patients Deal With Shortages, Are Urged To Question Care Doctors must not only face the fading image of primary care providers, but also physician shortage issues. Meanwhile, some experts suggest patients consider saying "no" to their doctor to control health care costs. ...more	16 Nov 2009
Medical Schools Change Curriculum To Adapt To Different Policies, Care Standards Medical schools are changing to adapt to the shifting medical landscape around America by increasingly preparing students for alternative methods of care, increased demand for their services and a world where health care reform will likely soon change the landscape again, The Washington Post reports. In Washington D.C. ...more	11 Nov 2009
Future Physicians Stand Behind Single Payer Movement The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) continues to support a federally administered, publically funded, privately delivered system of single-payer health care as the best solution to our health care crisis. AMSA will stand behind efforts that further the single payer movement, in addition to other provisions in current health care reform legislation that expand access. ...more	10 Nov 2009
University Of Central Florida Med Students Volunteer To Help Sick Kids, Families In Community On Saturday Twenty medical students from the University of Central Florida College of Medicine will cook and serve meals to families of ill children Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Ronald McDonald House on the campus of Arnold Palmer Medical Center. It will be the first official community service event for the 41-member charter class, which began classes in August. ...more	10 Nov 2009
Doctors Encourage Minority And Disadvantaged Students To Overcome Obstacles, Become Physicians "Work hard and persevere, and you can achieve most anything." That was the message of approximately 50 minority physicians and medical students to more than 450 minority and disadvantaged students Thursday in Houston. The doctors described how they overcame obstacles to work in the medical field, at the Doctors Back to School Program held at Houston's Jack Yates Sr. High School. ...more	10 Nov 2009
Are Medical Students Well Prepared? The results of a snapshot survey published in Postgraduate Medical Journal report that newly qualified medical graduates seem to be poorly prepared to work as trainee doctors. Data is based on critical evaluation made by 228 senior doctors. They reviewed an extensive range of core skills and competencies among trainee doctors at two major teaching hospitals in the East Midlands of England. ...more	10 Nov 2009
New Cardiology Research Presented At CHEST 2009 Coronary Risk Factors Increase After Liver Transplantation (#7991) Patients who have undergone a liver transplant may have a significantly increased risk for developing cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from New York Medical College assessed the incidence of new coronary risk factors and coronary artery disease in 200 patients (mean age, 58 years) after liver transplantation. All patients received prednisone for the first 3 months after transplantation. ...more	05 Nov 2009
Gastroenterology/Hepatology Societies Release Report Evaluating Fellowship Training Curriculum Due to the increasing complexities of treating digestive diseases, allowing gastroenterological (GI) trainee physicians the opportunity to develop enhanced abilities and experiences in specific disease areas or procedures will be a great benefit to patients, according to a "Report of the Multisociety Task Force on GI Training." Additionally, GI training programs need to measure the achievements of trainees based on specific defined competencies rather than the duration of training alone. ...more	05 Nov 2009
Health Care Jobs Plentiful But Tough To Get While health care jobs are plentiful, "getting one is hard work," The Associated Press/The News-Sentinel reports. "Many people who have lost jobs to the recession may find a cure for unemployment in the health care field," and the demand for nurses, specialists and technicians is strong. ...more	05 Nov 2009
Innovative Rural Student Named Medical Student Of The Year 2009 A passion for promoting the benefits of rural practice to other health students has seen rural NSW medical student, Shannon Nott, receive the Westpac RDAA Medical Student of the Year Award for 2009. ...more	04 Nov 2009
$9.8 Million Award To Charles Drew University Funds Research To Reduce The Risk Of Cancer Charles Drew University has been awarded $9.8 million from three major national funders to support the university's long-term, UCLA partnership aimed at reducing the risk of cancer among minorities in poor and disadvantaged communities. The National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute and the Center for Cancer Health Disparities awarded the grant to the university's Cancer Center Partnership. An additional $4. ...more	02 Nov 2009
Medical Students Urge Speaker Pelosi To Keep Her Promise The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) urges Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep her promise and allow a vote on a single payer substitution amendment to the House health care reform bill, to be introduced by Representative Anthony Weiner [D-NY]. ...more	01 Nov 2009
Extra Training Places Needed To Help Solve Doctor Shortage, Australia AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said an extra 1400 medical intern places would be needed by 2013 to help ensure the looming surge of medical school graduates can become fully-trained doctors. Dr Pesce said there would be around 3500 medical school graduates in 2012, compared to 2200 graduates at the end of 2008. "Since 2004, the Federal Government has dramatically increased medical school places to help address workforce shortages," Dr Pesce said. ...more	31 Oct 2009
Not Enough Med Students Choosing Primary Care, Experts Say "It's one small piece of health care reform, but it's a big deal for medical schools and doctor's offices: forgiving the student loans of doctors who choose primary care," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. "Primary care physicians now make up 35 percent of today's physician workforce, according to the Council on Graduate Medical Education. ...more	28 Oct 2009
Grant Brings Real-World Science To Boston Classrooms A new curriculum called The Great Diseases will bring real-world biomedical research to students in three Boston high schools. The result of a collaboration between scientists from Tufts University School of Medicine and teachers from the Boston Public Schools, the curriculum presents current threats to global health through laboratory learning, multimedia, and case-based studies. ...more	26 Oct 2009
Medical Students To Bring Skills, Supplies To Samoa A group of UQ medical students have sprung into action in the wake of the Samoan tsunami, raising $2000 in a distinctly Australian way before heading to the island nation for a month-long internship. A marathon sausage sizzle at St Lucia saw hundreds of students and staff get behind the group, who leave for Samoa this Friday, October 23 and will be based at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital in Apia. ...more	23 Oct 2009
Bolton School Of Nursing At Case Western Reserve University Receives $3.7 Million In Federal Stimulus Funding Long recognized as a leader in global health, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing's groundbreaking research continues to place it among the top nursing schools in the country. The school is also regarded for its innovative academic programs. FPB was recently awarded six stimulus grants from various federal offices to advance both of these areas. ...more	23 Oct 2009
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