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September 24, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A unique program puts medical students in the kitchen to change the way they think about food and, ultimately, how they will talk to future patients about nutrition and healthy eating.
September 18, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Changes that limited the working hours of medical residents has not increased patient mortality rates, but it has decreased the time residents spend on direct patient care, according to two new studies.
September 13, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Educating physicians in community settings will produce the kind of physicians we need: those devoted to caring for the underserved.
August 21, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The news media has recently covered some innovative programs that are influencing the choices and attitudes of the next generation of doctors.
July 26, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced that it will support twice as many primary care residencies during the 2013-2014 academic year as it supported last year.
July 17, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
First-year surgical interns are getting less experience performing or assisting with surgeries as a result of the 16-hour workday cap enacted in July 2011, according to a study in JAMA Surgery.
March 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
More U.S. medical students “matched” to primary care residency positions this year than in 2012, according to data from the National Resident Matching Program.
January 8, 2013 | Story
Inspired, in part, by the students he guided as an RWJF program mentor, a physician finds a way to offer open access to MCAT tutoring.
October 30, 2012 | Issue Brief
This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patterns of care provided by teaching hospitals with residency training programs.
October 16, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Two men responsible for the National Resident Matching Program algorithm were recognized with the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.