Search results for "Medical Education"
Med school slots continuing to increase, AAMC says
Increases in medical school enrollment are likely to almost meet the 30% target set by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in 2006, according to new projections.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/08/1.htm
8 May 2012
Better, not broken: pursuing empathy during medical training
Empathy is a crucial element to good care and improved patient outcomes. Why doesn't medical education promote more of it?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/residents.htm
1 Apr 2014
Even many residents in primary care training programs not planning to enter primary care
Most internal medicine residents, even those in primary care residencies, don't plan to practice general internal medicine, a recent survey found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/11/1.htm
11 Dec 2012
Residency match numbers level off for internal medicine
The number of U.S. medical student seniors at medical schools choosing internal medicine residencies leveled off in 2012 after two years of significant increases, according to results from the 2012 Match Day.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/20/1.htm
20 Mar 2012
Minorities bring med school applications to all-time high
First-time applicants to medical school reached an all-time high in 2011, increasing by 2.6% over last year to about 32,700 students, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/01/1.htm
1 Nov 2011
With SGR dead and buried, what's next for ACP advocacy?
Removing the sustainable growth rate formula frees up physician advocacy organizations to talk to Congress about other important issues that otherwise would have been overshadowed, such as the Primary Care Incentive Payment Program.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2015
Improving teamwork through the selection of students
Among the many efforts to improve teamwork and improve patient care, one potential area for significant improvement remains: the selection of medical trainees.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/01/residents.htm
1 Jan 2015
Medical home model might be health care's next great change
The patient-centered medical home might be health care next transformational innovation, one that will allow primary care to survive and thrive.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/01/presidents.htm
1 Jan 2011
Not all doctors fully disclose errors, pharma ties, bad prognoses, survey finds
A significant proportion of physicians do not completely agree that they should disclose serious medical errors or financial relationships with drug and device companies to patients, according to a recent survey. In addition, one-tenth of survey respondents had told patients something that was not true in the previous year.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/14/1.htm
14 Feb 2012
Students and residents are also burning out
Burnout and the loss of joy in being a doctor have become an ever-expanding concern and a major part of our rhetoric these days. For many physicians, it begins in training.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/01/presidents.htm
1 Jan 2015