Tablet based conference mirroring is giving residents an up close and personal look at images and making radiology case conferences a more interactive learning experience, a new study shows. Residents at Northwestern University in Chicago are using tab…
A study in BMJ (British Medical Journal) shows that medical schools that use the UK Clinical aptitude Test (UKCAT) as part of their admission process, enable more students from certain socioeconomically disadvantaged groups to study. Even though effort…
A recent issue of the Journal of Cancer Education reports on the experience of medical students who participated in videotaped sessions to practice conveying difficult news to “standardized patients” (SPs) by role-playing patients with different types …
A unique board game developed by a group of medical students at Western University will help bridge gaps between various health disciplines to better educate students about their roles in interdisciplinary health teams. Students at Western’s Schulich S…
An investigation by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery reveals that individuals who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are approximately 4 to 5 times more likely to undergo further ACL reconstruction, if the initial operat…
Evidence published in the Postgraduate Medical Journal suggests that newly qualified doctors feel inadequately prepared to look after acutely ill patients compared with other elements that are required in clinical practice. Professional colleagues supp…
Surgeons can learn their skills more quickly if they are taught how to control their eye movements. Research led by the University of Exeter shows that trainee surgeons learn technical surgical skills much more quickly and deal better with the stress o…
Research published in bmj.com reveals that sub-Saharan African countries lose billions of dollars by training doctors and investing in them only to find that the clinicians leave to work in developed countries. The study shows that the biggest emigr…
When the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) was introduced in rotas at 77 English hospital trusts in August 2009 they felt ‘derogated’ being allowed to operate at a maximum 52-hour week instead of 48 hours until 31 July 2011. A report by BMJ Career…
According to a BMA report, medical students from low-income backgrounds are graduating with over £13,000 more debt compared to their better off fellow students. These perturbing findings have been discovered in the BMA’s Medical Student Finance Surv…
