23 days ago by Skeptical Scalpel

A third-year medical student emailed me with some interesting questions asking how one can confirm whether surgery is the right career choice. She said she had just completed a two-week rotation of nights and felt that she handled it well. How does a student know if surgery is right for her? That's ...

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23 days ago by nkazmar

Penn State College of Medicine may be the only place in the country where a fourth year medical student can take an elective Humanities course about comics titled “Graphic Storytelling and Medical Narratives.” But before you snort derisively, listen to Michael Green, M.D., professor in the Departmen ...

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31 days ago by Ann Celestine

Third year UMHS-SK medical student, Kristin Riggs , puts a little heart back into the practice of medicine. "For Jose" is a moving, personal narrative published this month in "Family Medicine" Journal ~ [Vol.44,No.1 Jan 2012] . Ms. Riggs will no doubt have many more similar patient encounters as she ...

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51 days ago by Skeptical Scalpel

In the New York Times, Pauline Chen reports that Vanderbilt University is making an effort to relieve the stress of medical school with games and crafts. I read the piece with mixed feelings. It’s great that the school recognizes the problems faced by med students and is trying to help. And what Van ...

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51 days ago by By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.

At Vanderbilt Medical School, students take an active role planning activities like fun runs and cooking competitions -- as student colleges, modeled on Harry Potter, compete.

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72 days ago by Joe Cahill

ALMOST 60 per cent of final year medical students in one Irish university are in favour of euthanasia, according to a new survey, writes Louise Roseingrave in . . . → Read More: Research reveals shifting attitudes towards euthanasia

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79 days ago by Kishore Visvanathan

This morning, I had the opportunity to address the first year medical student class about Clinical Practice Redesign and our urology office project. (I told you about last year's visit with the first year students in this post. By the way, one of last year's students did contact me and we've been wo ...

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86 days ago by Alex Tang

There are now 35 medical schools in Malaysia and some of them have two programmes per year: 1) University Malaya (UM) 2) Universiti Kebangsaa n Malaysia (UKM) 3) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 4) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) 5) UiTM 6) University Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) 7) Universiti Darul I ...

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86 days ago by Alex Tang

Prolific blogger Dr Pagalvan has posted some insights on the Malaysian Healthcare system. These are in his series For Future Doctors: Malaysian Healthcare System for Dummies part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4. All students who wants to study medicine and especially all parents who want their children ...

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87 days ago by Alex Tang

The Standards of Medical Education in Malaysia and Its Acceptability Dr. David KL Quek, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP, FAMM, FCCP, FASCC, FAPSC, FNHAM, FACC, FAFPM (Hon.) Immediate Past President, Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) (Lecture presented at the Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia Conference, Royale Ch ...

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