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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Sam Smith, a University of Colorado Boulder grad who is applying to medical schools, says he has been inspired by the example of health care workers during the pandemic. He plans to specialize in infectious diseases. "I want to be on the front lines of t
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    'Fauci Effect' Drives Record Number Of Medical School Applications

    Dec 07, 2020
    The pandemic put a spotlight on health care workers and inspired many to pursue a career in medicine. The record number of applicants comes as the U.S. faces a projected shortage of physicians.
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    Health workers and others rallied in Seattle during a Doctors For Justice event on June 6, protesting police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. Medical training needs a hard look too, doctors say: Students of color and LGBTQ people often bear
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    Racism, Hazing And Other Abuse Taints Medical Training, Students Say

    Jun 16, 2020
    More than 35% of students surveyed experienced mistreatment in a U.S. medical school. "There's a direct link between this abuse and how some ... health care disparities play out," a black doctor says.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Gabrielle Mayer graduated from medical school in April and began her residency early so she could help care for patients with COVID-19.
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    From Medical School To Fighting COVID-19 On The Front Lines At Bellevue Hospital

    May 15, 2020
    Gabrielle Mayer graduated from medical school early to help out with coronavirus patients in New York City. Some of her patients have died, she says. But there have been small, profound moments.
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    Shots - Health News
    Doctors test a hospital staffer Tuesday for coronavirus, in a triage tent that's been set up outside the E.R. at St. Barnabas hospital in the Bronx. Hospital workers are at higher risk of getting COVID-19, and public health experts fear a staffing shorta
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    States Get Creative To Find And Deploy More Health Workers In COVID-19 Fight

    Mar 25, 2020
    To stop COVID-19, retired doctors are signing up to take clinical shifts. Specialists, including dentists, could move to front line care. And med students are fielding calls in overwhelmed clinics.
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    How To Teach Future Doctors About Pain In The Midst Of The Opioid Crisis

    Sep 11, 2019
    Around 20% of U.S. adults live with chronic pain. Medical schools traditionally haven't dedicated much time to teaching about pain and pain control, but one top school now has a mandatory course.
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    Shots - Health News
    All the portraits hanging on the wall inside the Louis Bornstein Family Amphitheater at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on June 12, 2018 were of men, nearly all white. The portraits have since been removed.
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    Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of Honor

    Aug 25, 2019
    Historic portraits of revered scientists and doctors can be found all over medical schools and universities — and, as it happens, most feature white men. Some say this sends the wrong message.
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    Travis Rieder, author of <em>In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids, </em>says none of the doctors who prescribed opioids for his waves of "fiery" or "electrical" pain taught him how to safely taper his use of the drugs when he wanted to
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    Motorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side Of Quitting Opioids Alone

    Jul 08, 2019
    When medical bioethicist Travis Rieder tried to taper off pain medication after a roadway accident, he was disappointed by his doctors' reaction: "Everybody had a reason to send me to somebody else."
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    Dr. Hillary Tamar, who's in the second year of her family medicine residency in Phoenix, is part of a new generation of doctors who are committed to treating addiction.
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    Aspiring Doctors Seek Advanced Training In Addiction Medicine

    Mar 19, 2019
    Once a tiny specialty that drew mostly psychiatrists, addiction medicine is expanding its accredited training to include residents from specialties like family medicine who see it as a calling.
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    'Does Your Knee Make More Of A Click Or A Clack?' — Teaching 'Car Talk' To New Docs

    Feb 27, 2019
    It's not easy for medical students to learn to diagnose an illness from a patient's often jumbled account of symptoms. In some med schools, teachers have discovered the perfect teaching aid: Car Talk.
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    Shots - Health News
    Sarah Spiegel, a third-year student at New York Medical College, pushed for more education on LGBT health issues for students.
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    Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities

    Jan 20, 2019
    One in 5 LGBT adults has avoided medical care for fear of discrimination, according to a recent survey, and 80 percent of physicians surveyed say they feel "not competent" to treat LGBT patients.
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    Currently students of color are underrepresented in medical schools, but their numbers are slowly growing.
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    A Push For Diversity In Medical School Is Slowly Paying Off

    Dec 04, 2018
    American medical schools have historically been disproportionately white, but they are starting to attract more diverse students. The change may be the result of a diversity policy with teeth.
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    Nationally gathered statistics suggest that nearly half of graduating physicians in 2017 owed more than $200,000 in student debt.
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    NYU's Move To Make Medical School Free For All Gets Mixed Reviews

    Aug 23, 2018
    New York University students cheered, but critics say waiving tuition isn't the best way to ease student debt or boost the number of primary care doctors from diverse backgrounds.
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    UNR Med School Attains High Honor

    Mar 19, 2018

    While UNLV’s new medical school seeks to find the money to build the new school, the University of Nevada, Reno’s medical school recently earned full accreditation.

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    Donor Yanks $14M Donation For UNLV Medical School

    Mar 15, 2018
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A donor says she is rescinding a $14 million donation made to UNLV after reports that there may be an effort to push the university's president out of office.
     
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    Shots - Health News
    Feranmi Okanlami, now a doctor, became partially paralyzed after an accident in 2013. He says adjustments for his disability during his training, like this standing in frame chair, helped him succeed. A new report finds variability in medical institution
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    For Aspiring Doctors With Disabilities, Many Medical Schools Come Up Short

    Mar 13, 2018
    A national survey finds medical schools should do more to help doctors with disabilities thrive. While some schools do make needed accommodations, others need to take basic steps to take to help.
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    UNLV Med School Gets Grant To Study Traffic-Related Deaths

    Nov 30, 2017

    The UNLV School of Medicine has been awarded a grant for over $234,000 from the Nevada Department of Public Safety to continue studying traffic-related injuries and fatalities in Nevada.

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    Shots - Health News
    Doctors who trained in foreign medical schools often end up practicing in rural or low-income areas in the U.S. with a shortage of physicians.
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    Let's Hope That Match Day Brings Us Lots Of Foreign-Born Doctors

    Mar 17, 2017
    About one quarter of medical residents in the U.S. are graduates of foreign medical schools. Many practice medicine in communities that have a hard time recruiting doctors.
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    The Refugee Health Clinic provides necessities like oral care items to patients who often arrive in the U.S. with nothing.
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    In Texas, Students Help Provide Health Care For Refugees

    Dec 21, 2016
    More refugees have settled in Texas than in any other state. In San Antonio, students at the University of Texas Health Science Center help them get long-deferred medical and dental care.
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    Between 1999 and 2014, the number of deaths in the U.S. from prescribed opioids quadrupled. Meanwhile medical students were getting very little training on how to spot patients who are at risk for addiction, or how to treat it.
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    As Opioid Epidemic Surges, Medical Schools Try To Keep Pace

    Jul 27, 2016
    Most medical schools offer little teaching about opioid addiction, even though there is unmet demand for treatment in many areas. Stanford University's medical school is trying to change that.
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    Shots - Health News
    Medical residents training to be OB-GYNs in Texas don't have many place where they can learn how to perform abortions.
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    Can Doctors Learn To Perform Abortions Without Doing One?

    Jun 21, 2016
    Accredited medical residency programs have to teach doctors how to perform abortions. But interpretation of the requirement varies, especially in a state like Texas where training options are scarce.
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    Dr. Bernard Rosenfeld, 74, has not been able to find a successor to lead his abortion practice in Houston. He says younger doctors don't want to deal with the politics and protesters.
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    Politics Makes Abortion Training In Texas Difficult

    Jun 21, 2016
    The hostile climate surrounding abortion in Texas has made it hard for doctors in training to learn to do abortions. Professors feel intimidated, and there are fewer clinics where residents can train.
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    These students are part of a fellowship in health policy run jointly by the George Washington University schools of medicine and public health. In addition to hearing lectures from policy experts, the residents take field trips to Capitol Hill, the Supre
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    For Doctors-In-Training, A Dose Of Health Policy Helps The Medicine Go Down

    Jun 09, 2016
    Medical residents at George Washington University go beyond what's ailing patients and spend three weeks examining and diagnosing the nation's health care system.
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    Medical students at George Washington University met with residents of Washington, D.C., to find out what challenges they face in managing asthma.
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    This Med School Teaches Health Policy Along With The Pills

    Jun 09, 2016
    First-year medical students are usually busy studying lots of basic science and medicine. One medical school is making a point of schooling them on how health care delivery affects their patients.
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    A posting on a bulletin board outside the counseling offices at the University of Wisconsin invites people to participate in a study on depression and insomnia.
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    A Med Student Decides To Be Upfront About Her Mental Issues

    Jun 01, 2016
    When Giselle decided to apply to medical school, people told her to hide the fact that she has struggled with anxiety, depression and a suicide attempt. She thinks it will help her be a better doctor.
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    The unique medical program at the University of California, Berkeley is housed in its School of Public Health.
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    Students Rally To Save Program That Produces Primary Care Doctors

    Apr 25, 2016
    An unusual medical education program at the University of California, Berkeley is known for producing primary care doctors, unlike other schools. But it could be axed due to budget shortfalls.

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