Archive for the ‘Medical School’ Category

School board on medical marijuana: Consider students

GLENWOOD SPRINGS Roaring Fork District Re-1 school board members have issued a formal position statement related to medical marijuana and the impact its proliferation could have on students in the district.

School board sends health insurance issue to committee

Fairfield school board members sent the administrators health insurance issue to a committee for further study during a regular monthly meeting Monday.

Medical Education & Research Institute (MERI) Named a Simulation Center of Excellence

MEMPHIS, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Medical Education & Research Institute (MERI) is a non-profit medical teaching and training school in Memphis, Tennessee, conducting state-of-the-art, hands-on educational courses.

School closes for day over swine flu

A Christchurch primary school closed its doors today after a student was diagnosed with swine flu.Emmanuel Christian School principal Jill Garrett said one of the girl’s parents called yesterday evening with the news – she had…

NYU School of Medicine receives $8.2M grant from NIDDK to continue urological disease research

( NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine ) The Urothelial Biology Team at NYU School of Medicine received an $8.2 million, five-year program project grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health to continue groundbreaking research on bladder biology and [...]

New Stanford medical students to receive iPads

The 91 students entering Stanford University’s medical school this fall will receive free iPads instead of reams of coursework, a move that administrators hope will improve the learning experience and also cut the school’s paper use. “Students in the… Stanford University – Medical school – Education – United States – School

MCG School of Medicine dean resigns

Medical College of Georgia officials announced today that after four years of service Dr. Douglas Miller has resigned as dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president for Health Affairs for MCG.

Medical school expansion makes sense

WE NEVER were crazy about the idea of having two medical schools in a state this small, but the fact is that we have two, and both are serving good purposes that one school alone might not be able to accomplish so well: The Medical University of South Carolina is producing outstanding researchers and specialists, [...]

Earlier school start times approved for this fall

Earlier school start times for the 2010-2011 school year were approved by a unanimous school board for three of the four comprehensive high schools in the San Dieguito Union High School District.

University of Maryland School of Medicine receives $7.9 million grant for ’super’ research magnet

( University of Maryland Medical Center ) The University of Maryland School of Medicine has received a $7.9 million NIH grant to acquire a superconducting 950 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance magnet that will help researchers unravel the mysteries of molecules and develop new agents to treat cancer, AIDS and other diseases. The University of Maryland [...]

Survey Finds Medical Students Believe Video Games Can Help Them Become Better Doctors

Today’s students were raised with a digital mouse in their hands. So it should be no surprise that a majority of medical school students surveyed say video games and virtual reality environments could help them become better doctors. A reported 98 percent of medical students surveyed at the University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin-Madison [...]

School Nurses In San Antonio Tackle Low Meningitis Vaccination Rates

The Texas School Nurses Organization (TSNO) and the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) have joined the Voices of Meningitis campaign to urge parents to vaccinate preteens and teens in San Antonio against meningococcal disease, a rare but serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and take the life of a child in just [...]

Business briefs: SonoSite teams with California medical school

Bothell-based SonoSite Inc. has partnered with the University of California, Irvine, to integrate ultrasound visualization into the school’s four-year medical school curriculum. Under the terms of the agreement announced Wednesday, SonoSite will act as an exclusive ultrasound partner.

Medical School Education from Video Games?

A new survey of medical students finds a strong interest in using video games and virtual reality environments to practice role-playing and strategy games for physician training. Actually, it should be no surprise because todays students were raised with a digital mouse in their hands. A reported 98 percent of medical students surveyed at the [...]

Medical school with more humanity

A top medical school is allowing students to avoid dreaded obstacles to becoming a doctor, including organic chemistry and the MCAT.

UT medical school presidents warn of fewer new doctors under U.S. planned cuts

AUSTIN – The federal health overhaul could dry up funds that the state’s academic medical centers use to produce doctors in Texas, leaders of the University of Texas’ six health science centers warned Wednesday.

Medical school under scrutiny

One University of Manitoba medical training program has been shut down and five others are undergoing external review after outside experts found serious “weaknesses” and they failed to meet national standards.

Medical school students to be welcomed, sign oath

Med school students to sign oathSCRANTON – The Commonwealth Medical College’s second class of medical students will celebrate the start of the semester during an oath-signing ceremony.The 65 medical-degree students also will hear remarks by school offi

Applying for medical school no picnic

How do you get into medical school? Its not like getting accepted into college to earn your bachelors degree. In most cases, years of preparation go into not only the application process, but into the decision to actually apply to medical school.

South Carolina medical school expanding to Greenville hospital

The University of South Carolina and a Greenville hospital approved a deal to offer four-year medical school training in the Upstate starting in 2012.