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October 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
New data from the Association of American Medical Colleges finds a 3.1 percent increase in the number of students applying to medical school in 2012.
September 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Many elite medical schools — Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Yale, among them — have no departments of family medicine to train students who want to specialize in primary care.
June 19, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Question: Can you explain some of the major goals of your organization, what the group dynamic is like, and some of the roles within the group? Lena Gayraud: The main goal of the Penn Nursing Medical Student Alliance (PNMSA) is to foster interdiscip ...
April 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
My time in the classroom also taught me that often the impact you are trying to make is substantially influenced by the laws and policies put in place that regulate your work. As a teacher, our work was constantly influenced by the No Child Left Beh ...
August 2, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The University of Kansas last month opened a new medical school campus in the rural town of Salina, to teach students the complexities of rural health care and, university leaders hope, to encourage physicians to practice in small, underserved commu ...
June 28, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
To examine the extent of medical students’ relationships with industry – as well as the impact of these interactions – my colleagues, Kirsten Austad and Jerry Avorn, M.D., and I conducted a systematic review of the literature, examining all publishe ...
June 18, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The one date that should bear the most gravity in the minds of medical students is October 1st.
July 15, 2010 | Journal Article
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia and blogs have brought new hazards to medical professionalism as providers, including medical students and residents, post inappropriate content online. Online activity may be viewed as a proxy for common sense and trustworthiness.
October 10, 2012 | Story
Two young physicians challenge disparities by leading a program that helps underrepresented students become health care professionals.
October 8, 2009 | Story
Holden has won a 2009 RWJF Community Health Leaders Award for her work to establish an all-volunteer organization that encourages and nurtures disadvantaged students from Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City to enter the medical profession.