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Coalition Urges Congress To Increase Funding For National Health Service Corps
Categorie : Medical StudentsThe American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, announced that a coalition representing the majority of the nation's physicians and physicians-in-training is urging Congress to pass the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scho ...
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Sun Oct 2007
American College Of Physicians Sites Implications Of Rising Cost Of Medical Education And Resulting Debt Burden
Categorie : Medical StudentsRevisions recently made by Congress to the economic hardship definition in the 'College Cost Reduction and Access Act' (H.R. 2669) will deter physicians from pursuing careers in primary care or practicing in underserved areas, said David C. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physic ...
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Sun Oct 2007
National Primary Care Week Promotes Healthcare Justice
Categorie : Medical StudentsThousands of health profession students and healthcare providers will celebrate the National Primary Care Week (NPCW) on October 8-12, 2007. This year, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization joins with the Student Osteopath ...
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Sun Oct 2007
National Quality And Safety Study Ranks Rush Among Top Five Performing Academic Medical Centers In The USA
Categorie : Medical StudentsRush University Medical Center is ranked number three among an elite group of five top performing academic medical centers in the country in a study examining key measures of quality and safety. Rush ranked better than any other hospital in the state. This was the third year in a row that Rush ranke ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Revisions To 'College Cost Reduction And Access Act' Will Create Barriers To Careers In Primary Care And Hurt Access To Care In Underserved Areas
Categorie : Medical StudentsRevisions recently made by Congress to the economic hardship definition in the 'College Cost Reduction and Access Act' (H.R. 2669) will deter physicians from pursuing careers in primary care or practicing in underserved areas, said David C. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physic ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Annual Meeting Focuses On Health Disparities And Minority Cancer Education
Categorie : Medical StudentsTo celebrate its 60th anniversary, the American Association for Cancer Education (AACE) will focus its annual meeting on health disparities and minority cancer education.AACE's 2007 Annual Meeting is Oct. 11 - 13 at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, 2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North. The c ...
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Sun Oct 2007
New Top-up Fee System Is Making Medical Students' Debts Much Worse, Says BMA (Northern Ireland)
Categorie : Medical StudentsFirst year medical students could leave university £8,000 more in debt than this year's graduates because of the introduction of variable tuition fees, according to a BMA survey published today, 11 October 2007. The BMA's UK wide annual medical student finance survey shows the average fin ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Working Mother Of Three Finishes PhD About Obesity In Pregnancy In Australia In Record Time
Categorie : Medical StudentsWorking mum of three Leonie Callaway has finished her PhD about obesity in pregnancy in Australia in record time - managing to juggle family, study and full-time work. She finished her PhD in under three years (which normally takes three to four years full-time) and two nights before gi ...
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Sun Oct 2007
New Top-Up Fee System Is Making Medical Students' Debts Much Worse, Says BMA, UK
Categorie : Medical StudentsFirst year medical students could leave university £8,000 more in debt than this year's graduates because of the introduction of variable tuition fees, according to a BMA survey published today. The BMA's UK wide annual medical student finance survey shows the average final year medical s ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Record Number Of Students Apply To Medical Schools, Study Finds
Categorie : Medical StudentsMedical schools in 2007 admitted a record number of first-year students, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Association of American Medical Colleges, Bloomberg reports. According to the study, 126 medical schools in 2007 admitted 17,759 students, a 2. [click link for full article] ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Newly Qualified Doctors Feel Well Prepared By Medical School, UK
Categorie : Medical StudentsCompared to 2000, significantly more newly qualified doctors believe that their medical school training prepares them well for their first clinical posts, according to research published in the online open access journal, BMC Medical Education. [click link for full article] ...
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Sun Oct 2007
DMAA, HealthSciences Institute Partner On Chronic Care Professional Certification, USA
Categorie : Medical StudentsThe Care Continuum Alliance and HealthSciences Institute (HSI), a leading health care certification and resource organization, today announced an agreement under which the Institute's Chronic Care Professional (CCP) certification program will carry the DMAA name and endorsement. [click link for full ...
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Sun Oct 2007
AMSA Past President Receives Prestigious APHA Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award
Categorie : Medical StudentsThe American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, is proud to announce that Immediate Past President Jay Bhatt has received the 2007 Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA). Bhatt is a fourth year ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Thousands Of Medical Students Call On Schools To Eliminate Pharmaceutical Marketing Influence
Categorie : Medical StudentsThousands of medical students join together this week, National PharmFree Week, calling upon medical schools to eliminate pharmaceutical marketing from their campuses. National PharmFree Week is sponsored by the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical s ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Doctors Get Out Their Crayons - A New Book From RSM Press, UK
Categorie : Medical StudentsThe Royal Society of Medicine has recently published a must-have book for students and qualified practitioners requiring detailed anatomical knowledge. Written by Dr Kurt Albertine, who has taught gross anatomy for more than 30 years and is currently a Professor at the University of Utah School ...
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Sun Oct 2007
BMA(NI) Response To Publication Of The Review Of Recruitment Into Specialty Training, Northern Ireland
Categorie : Medical StudentsThe British Medical Association in Northern Ireland has welcomed publication by the DHSSPS of 'The Review of Recruitment into Specialty Training in Northern Ireland'. Chairman of the BMA's NI Junior Doctors Committee (NIJDC) Dr Rajesh Rajendran, said: "NIJDC is happy that its involvement with the re ...
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Sun Oct 2007
2007 U.S. Medical School Entering Class Is Largest Ever
Categorie : Medical StudentsThe 2007 entering class to U.S. medical schools is the largest in the nation's history, according to new data released by the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges). The number of first-year enrollees totals almost 17,800 students, a 2.3 percent increase over 2006. More than 42,300 indi ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Strong Financial Link Between Industry And Medical Schools As Well As Teaching Hospitals
Categorie : Medical StudentsOver half of the USA's medical schools and teaching hospitals receive financial support from industry, according to a national survey of department chairs. The results of the survey are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The authors of the article believe that dis ...
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Sun Oct 2007
AMSA Applauds PM For Clinical Training Model, Australia
Categorie : Medical StudentsThe Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement that a Coalition Government would invest $13 million in a clinical school for the Greenslopes Private Hospital in Queensland. AMSA National President Rob Mitchell said, "This is certainly a positive move ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Outstanding New Environmental Scientists To Receive Awards From NIEHS
Categorie : Medical StudentsFive-year grants totaling $3.5 million will go to seven exceptionally talented and creative investigators in the early stages of their careers, the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced. The awards are being mad ...
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Sun Oct 2007
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