News: AAMC

Medical students learn a lot about healing in school, but not the business of being doctors. Dr. Nathan Moore talks about how that led him to write the "Healthcare Handbook"...

Wayne State University created a program called the Medical and Political Action in the Community (MPAC) program to train students to be advocates for the university. MPAC currently has more...

Twitter isn't just for Justin Bieber fans anymore. More and more doctors are using the microblogging service to find each other, and to share research. University of Utah Hospital Associate...

Disruptive physician behavior was a big topic on day one at the AAMC convention. After Lorris Betz's, M.D., Ph.D., talk on physicians behaving badly, we asked two medical students what...

Alan Alda gave the keynote address at this year¿s convention of the Association of American Medical Colleges. His message - make sure you know your patient's story. Brenda Rogers, M.D...

What if you couldn't discipline disruptive physician behavior toward medical students because they technically don't work for you? That's what the University of Arizona Medical School is facing, as they...

What should a medical student do when faced with bad, or even abusive treatment from attending physicians? Med student Mayme Marshall talked about what she has encountered, and how she...

Medicare is a complicated tangle of ever-evolving regulations, and a major source of funding for hospitals. Tracking the shifting policy landscape is a corps of government relations experts at the...

In 2014, The James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family foundation gave $14M to the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI). This transformative gift is an example of venture philanthropy...

The evolution of medical school is changing the very look of the buildings where the students are taught. Architect Mary Jo Olenick tells us how new group learning structures are...

Video games are usually seen as a distraction rather than a help when students are preparing for the MCAT and other medical school entrance exams.

Communication is the process of replacing beliefs with information.

What if our nation's health industry leaders put their personal agendas aside and came together to collectively fix health care?

University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics CEO David Entwistle discusses what transparency means when it comes to health care, and what people can expect when they attend Monday's 3:30pm session...

Harriet Hopf, M.D., associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Utah School of Medicine discusses how to keep tenured faculty performing at high levels throughout their careers, even...