Bill 'Best Way To Ensure' Transparency Of Possible Conflicts Of Interest, Editorial States
A report published last week that found three researchers from
AAMC Calls For Strict Limits On Industry Support Of Medical Education
The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) urged all medical schools and teaching hospitals to adopt policies that prohibit drug industry gifts and services to physicians, faculty, residents, and students, and to limit industry support of continuing medical education activities.
Medical And Dental Defence Union Of Scotland Offers Education And Training Grants To Registrars
A range of educational opportunities is available to GP registrars - but financial constraints may mean they can't be exploited, points out the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) today (Friday, 20 June 2008). MDDUS is therefore offering two ^Alb1, 000 education grants to successful applicants from GP practices across the UK.
American Medical Association Adopts Strategies To Help Address Medical Student Debt - New Policies Aim To Help Relieve Physician Shortage
The American Medical Association (AMA) today adopted new policy to help address the increasing medical student debt burden at its Annual Meeting. Over the last 15 years, the cost of a public school medical education has doubled and private school tuition has increased by 133 percent.
AMA Adopts Strategies To Help Address Medical Student Debt
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted new policy to help address the increasing medical student debt burden at its Annual Meeting. Over the last 15 years, the cost of a public school medical education has doubled and private school tuition has increased by 133 percent.
North Carolina High School Student Wins Biotechnology Research Competition
After a talent search that spanned the U.S., Canada and Western Australia, the winner of the 2008 sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge was announced at the BIO International Convention: Mingjuan Zhang, 18, a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, N.
Training Can Increase Fluid Intelligence, Once Thought To Be Fixed At Birth
Can human beings rev up their intelligence quotients, or are they stuck with IQs set by their genes at birth? Until recently, nature seemed to be the clear winner over nurture.But new research, led by Swiss postdoctoral fellows Susanne M. Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl, working at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, suggests that at least one aspect of a person's IQ can be improved by training a certain type of memory.
US Could Face Shortage Of 44,000 Primary Care Physicians By 2025
By 2025, the wait to see a doctor could get a lot longer if the current number of students training to be primary care physicians doesn't increase soon, according to a new University of Missouri study. Jack Colwill, professor emeritus of family and community medicine in the MU School of Medicine, and his research team found that the U.
Training Cuts Threaten Quality - Australian Medical Students' Association
Expansion of training opportunities in general practice is essential to maintain the quality of medical education, the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) warned today. AMSA President Michael Bonning said that any primary healthcare strategy for the future must guarantee a quality general practice education for medical trainees.
2008 School Of Oncoplastic Surgery Announced By American Society Of Breast Disease
The American Society of Breast Disease will convene its second annual School of Oncoplastic Surgery, December 5-7, 2008, at the Westin Stonebriar Hotel in Dallas, Texas, and Baylor-Frisco Hospital.