Tag: medical education
Blog Posts (10)
April 18, 2013
Health professionals to get more training on end of life care in Wales
[Carehome.co.uk] The Welsh Government has launched its ‘Delivering End of Life Care’ plan ensuring families and professionals work together to plan for the end of life and that people are well-supported, wherever they choose to die. The plan sets o...April 18, 2013
The Ethics of Asking in Organ Donation
Original Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Olivette Burton, MBe, MSW. Last Sunday my friend collapsed on a soccer field and was rushed to the hospital. In an instant, a lifelong athlete with a fantastic physique and a beautiful spirit was go...April 18, 2013
The Ethics of Asking in Organ Donation
Original Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Olivette Burton, MBe, MSW. Last Sunday my friend collapsed on a soccer field and was rushed to the hospital. In an instant, a lifelong athlete with a fantastic physique and a beautiful spirit was go...February 24, 2013
Do Patients Want More Care or Less?
[The New York Times]The woman’s wheeze was a head-turner, audible from across the emergency department. Along with a hacking cough, the musical, whistling sound prompted her to leave the children asleep with her sister one night and seek relief at th...February 22, 2013
Importing Docs
Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
In a National Public Radio story on February 15, economist Dean Baker shared his idea that physicians should be looked at like any other commodity if we want to bring the cost of health care delivery down.…
February 7, 2013
The Hidden Research Curriculum
Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
In the 1970s, Benson Snyder at MIT published a book called “The Hidden Curriculum” where he claimed that students’ lack of educational progress and anxiety is caused by the unstated messages they observe at the university.…
May 14, 2010
Becoming a Doctor--By Video Game?
Apothecary Healers vs. Lords of Pestilence in the land of Soma? No, it’s not something you missed from Brave New World or a bad knock off of Lord of the Rings.…
May 22, 2009
To Nap or Not to Nap--That is the Question
A recent editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, titled “”To Nap or Not to Nap”, suggests that the verdict is still out on the value of reducing the number of hours that medical residents work and its relationship between improved outcomes for patients, says the WSJ Health Blog.…
January 26, 2009
Training Doctors to Teach Doctors to Care
A recent study published in Academic Medicine has found that a new method of training physicians how to teach the dimensions of care–effective communication, compassion and relationship building–results in physicians who love their profession and their patients, says Booster Shots, the LA Times Health Blog.…
December 4, 2008
Stop That Resident! He's Sleep-Deprived!
Even after considerable efforts to reduce the number of hours worked by medical residents in their training, a new study by the IOM has found that residents are still worked too hard and are dangerously sleep-deprived.…
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July 10, 2012 4:28 pm
FDA unveils safety measures for opioid painkillers (Fox News)
Drugmakers that market powerful painkiller medications will be required to fund training programs to help U.S. doctors and other health professionals safely prescribe the drugs, which are blamed for thousands of fatal overdoses each year. The safety plan released by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday is designed to reduce misuse and abuse of long-acting opioid pain relievers, which include forms of morphine, methadone and oxycodone. The agency’s plan mainly involves educating doctors and patients about appropriate use of the drugs.