March 1, 2024
Education
February 26, 2024
A New York City Medical School Goes Tuition-Free Thanks to a $1 Billion Gift
(Associated Press) – A New York City medical school will be tuition-free for all students from now on thanks to a $1 billion donation from a former professor, the widow of a Wall Street investor. Ruth Gottesman announced the gift … Read More
February 8, 2024
The Dark Kenosis of Medical Education
(Public Discourse) – Despite the lip service given to the “all are welcome” ethos of medical education, the culture of the medical profession typically implies that there is actually a very narrow set of “acceptable” anthropological perspectives that a physician … Read More
December 11, 2023
U.S. Medical Schools Aren’t Teaching Future Doctors About 7.4 Million of Their Patients
(STAT News) – Though there are 7.4 million Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, physicians are often uncomfortable treating them. In a recent survey of 714 Massachusetts physicians across various specialties, only 40% reported being very confident treating physically or … Read More
November 10, 2023
Medical Education Must Include the Field’s Nazi Past, Expert Panel Urges
(Science) – All health care students worldwide should learn the history of medicine during the Nazi regime and the Holocaust, according to a report published Wednesday by The Lancet. The journal formed a commission in 2021 to explore how the … Read More
November 8, 2023
Studying Medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust Crucial to Strengthening Medical Education and Ethics, Says New Work
(Medical Xpress) – Efforts to strengthen contemporary health professionals’ education and medical ethics should be informed by a robust understanding of medicine’s role within the Nazi regime, according to a new report from the Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism, and … Read More
October 6, 2023
Nursing Schools Are Turning Away Thousands of Applicants During a Major Nursing Shortage. Here’s Why
October 4, 2023
Without a College Degree, Life in America Is Staggeringly Shorter
September 20, 2023
Nation’s First Degree Combining Medicine, AI Comes to San Antonio
September 8, 2023
The Shrinking Number of Primary Care Physicians Is Reaching a Tipping Point
July 14, 2023
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
June 21, 2023
Abortion Training Set to Change After Dobbs Decision
June 14, 2023
‘Pushed into Humanity’: Can Learning About Storytelling Make Better Doctors?
May 31, 2023
Honoring the Body Donors Who Are a Medical Student’s ‘First Patient’
May 4, 2023
Future Doctors Say They’re Discouraged from Working in States with Abortion Bans
April 27, 2023
Led by Students, a Nascent Climate Movement Is Taking Hold in Medical Education
April 20, 2023
Diversity in Medicine Can Save Lives. Here’s Why There Aren’t More Doctors of Color
April 14, 2023
Nutrition, Exercise: Medical Schools Boost Teaching of Healthy Behaviors to Fight Chronic Disease
March 24, 2023
80-Hour Weeks and Roaches Near Your Cot? More Medical Residents Unionize
March 22, 2023
A New Edition of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Is Now Available
March 21, 2023
A New Edition of Journal of Medical Humanities Is Now Available
March 20, 2023
More Medical School Grads Are Bypassing ERs
March 7, 2023
How One Medical School Became Remarkably Diverse–Without Considering Race in Admissions
February 2, 2023
Promises–and Pitfalls–of ChatGPT-Assisted Medicine
January 26, 2023
