Medical Education

Credit: Raija Törrönen Introducing gamification to medical and dental education can boost student motivation and lead to better learning outcomes, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Using their own mobile…

Philadelphia- Julia A. Haller, MD, the ophthalmologist-in-chief of Wills Eye Hospital, is the recipient of this year's Physician of the Year Award from The Philadelphia Inquirer. The award is one of the "Influencers of Healthcare" honors…

Study finds family physicians often don't see the bigger picture. Family physicians typically don't consider where patients live when assessing their health care needs, despite research that indicates a person's environment can…

UM School of Nursing and Health Studies receives federal grant award competitive renewal to educate diverse scientific workforce The National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH/NIMHD) has…

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 8, 2019 - More than a trillion dollars was spent on healthcare in the United States in 2018, with Medicare and Medicaid accounting for some 37% of those expenditures. With healthcare costs expected to continue to…

Credit: Wake Fores Baptist Health WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Aug. 8, 2019 - You've lost count of the sleepless nights spent in a hospital, but now your loved one is finally ready to go home following a stroke. Are you prepared to care…

Agenda available online NEW YORK - August 8, 2019 - The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced the 12 late-breaking trials and 16 late-breaking science presentations that will be reported at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular…

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (August 1, 2019) - More than 1 million sepsis survivors are discharged annually from acute care hospitals in the United States. Although the majority of these patients receive post-acute care (PAC)…

Revitalizing the pipeline is of critical importance for health challenges, they say CLEVELAND -- In a perspective article appearing in the Aug. 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a group of prominent physician-scientist…

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A longitudinal study of 3,756 U.S. medical students provides evidence that racism in medical schools influenced their decisions on whether to practice in minority or underserved communities. "Structural racism is…