Virtual patients help create the med ed environment of the future
Medical students can expect virtual patients, those almost-real cases based in cyberspace, to play a larger role in learning and problem-solving as medical education evolves. Educators are looking at ways this technology can help address current issues in medical school education.
A low-risk education tool
“Virtual patients allow students to learn without putting real patients at risk,” said Norm Berman, MD, professor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the lead author of a perspective piece recently published by the journal Academic Medicine. “No actual patients are harmed in the pro...
Source: AMA Wire - May 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
5 financial planning tips every young physician should know
It’s never too early to start saving for your long-term needs, financial planners say. But if you’re still early in your career and training, how can you build a savings habit in the face of med school debt, day-to-day expenses and the complexity of financial planning?
Despite the obstacles, it’s worth investing the time and money. Many put off financial planning for years and live to regret it, financial experts and older physicians say.
“I didn’t really start figuring out finances until residency, and that put me years behind,” an established physician said. “Now I’m on the right track, but the catch-...
Source: AMA Wire - May 10, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Finding a model of care for child immigrants
A recent surge in minors crossing on their own from Mexico into the United States has brought renewed interest in their health and how physicians can best care for them.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that 23,553 minors were apprehended while crossing the border from Oct. 1, 2015, to March 1, 2016, an increase of 89 percent from the same period a year earlier. Though far smaller than the high tide of crossings in 2014, the surge raises some of the same concerns that surfaced then.
A special set of health needs
Unaccompanied alien children—“UACs” in the official jargon—have unique physical and ment...
Source: AMA Wire - May 10, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
10 concepts that will help you thrive as an intern
The first year of residency can be one of the most physically and emotionally challenging years of your training. A chief resident offers tips for navigating this part of your education.
In this second post of a two-part series, Dr. Faton Bytyci, chief resident at Sacred Heart Hospital’s family medicine residency program in Allentown, Penn., provides insights to help you thrive throughout the challenges of your intern year.
1. Say goodbye to being the best at everything you do.
When you start the first year, it’s important to recognize that there’s a lot you don’t know, Dr. Bytyci said. At the same time, don...
Source: AMA Wire - May 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Physicians team up to treat addiction in rural areas
Physicians in New Mexico have developed a distance learning model to address inadequate access to medical care in rural and traditionally underserved areas. Through a special focus on substance use and behavioral health disorders, the project has bolstered primary care physicians’ ability to care for patients with substance use disorders in the midst of the opioid overdose epidemic.
Led by Professor of Medicine Sanjeev Arora, MD, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was created at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in 2003. The project is a free-of-charge distance education model ...
Source: AMA Wire - May 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
