With the Sunshine Act, even in the months leading up to its passage, the number of financial disclosures required of researchers and physicians exploded. Here's just a small sample of...
Founded by Salman Khan in 2006, Khan Academy is a non-profit provider of online educational resources for many topics. About 18 months ago, and with insight from the 2012 AAMC...
Founded by Salman Khan in 2006, Khan Academy is a non-profit provider of online educational resources for many topics. About 18 months ago, and with insight from the 2012 AAMC...
UCLA medical school works hard to make sure a culture of respect is present: not just for those at the highest levels, but for the lowest first year students as...
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...
There are lots of topics being discussed at this year's convention of the Association of American Medical Colleges. So, what's the takeaway? We asked those at the heart of the...
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...
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...
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 stress can be monumental and overpowering. Medical school is a lesson in life, as much as it is in practicing medicine. University of Utah Associate Vice President for Clinical...
While rude, disruptive behavior by physicians on TV may be funny, when it happens in real-life it's decidedly less amusing. And it's time we stop tolerating and ignoring disrespectful behavior...
While the nation has been preoccupied with delivering better, cheaper health care, medical training programs producing tomorrow's health leaders, have largely escaped public scrutiny.
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...
