Medical Student
VIDEO: ASN Loan Mitigation Program aids trainees entering nephrology
The American Society of Nephrology has announced the second year of its loan mitigation program, which provides six nephrology trainees from underrepresented groups $50,000 in 3 years, according to ASN President Susan E. Quaggin, MD, FASN.
Call to action: Medical schools must eliminate barriers for students with disabilities
To achieve a more diverse workforce, the medical community must acknowledge and eradicate the barriers that medical students with disabilities face, according to a call to action published in Annals of Family Medicine.
MS-CHAT: Counseling from trained medical students may help patients quit smoking
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trained medical students may be able to provide effective tobacco cessation counseling to hospitalized patients, thereby improving patient access to counseling services, a speaker reported.
On teaching medical trainees, hematologist says to ‘put yourself in their shoes’
A good teacher in any area of medicine can define a student’s path and course of specialty.
Medical student training effective for opioid use disorder, pain management
NEW ORLEANS —Educating third-year medical students on opioid use disorder and pain management helped prepare them for proper diagnosis and treatment, a speaker said at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.
Workforce shortage: Selling a specialty that should sell itself
The looming workforce shortage in rheumatology is not a new problem, and it is certainly not going away. But ongoing campaigns to draw talent to the specialty, novel paradigms of patient care and the unexpected twist of COVID-19 may be changing the game.
Diabetes educator focuses on making life easier for everyone affected by chronic disease
HOUSTON — Carolé Mensing, RN, MA, CDE, FAADE, literally helped write the book on diabetes education, shaping the Art and Science of Diabetes Education Desk Reference from its initial conception to its current fourth edition.
Clinicians, institutions can act to discourage sexual harassment
More than half of dermatology residents surveyed report that sexual harassment is “probably” or “definitely” a problem, most often involves a patient and rarely is reported, according to respondents from the 368 members of the Association of Professors of Dermatology Listserv of dermatology faculty and residency program coordinators.