http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Academic medical centres invest considerable time, money and other resources in leadership training programs, yet there is no evidence such programs work, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-leadership-academic-medical-centers.html Other Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:27:51 EST news285848865 Deaf and hard of hearing (DHoH) people must overcome significant professional barriers, particularly in health care professions. A number of accommodations are available for hearing-impaired physicians, such as electronic stethoscopes and closed-captioning technologies, but are these approaches making a difference? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-deaf-hard-of-hearing-physicians.html Health Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:04:27 EST news279295458 What makes a good mentor? Previous studies have shown the professional benefits of cultivating a strong mentoring relationship, but a recent study co-led by UCSF researchers delved further to analyze the attributes that make a successful mentor-mentee pairing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-qualities-good-bad-relationships.html Other Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:14:13 EST news277020839 (Medical Xpress)—While minority populations are rising throughout the country, enrollment by minority students in the nation's medical schools has stagnated. Further, some data show that non-white students face a greater likelihood of academic withdrawal or dismissal, or graduate without passing key exams on their first try.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-strategies-minority-students-med-school.html Other Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:20:33 EST news276762025 A report released this week from the Association of American Medical Colleges shows that its member medical schools, teaching hospitals and healthcare systems had a combined economic impact of more than $587 billion in the United States in 2011. The firm Tripp Umbach conducted the economic measurements and analysis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-academic-medicine-major-economic-impact.html Other Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:34:18 EST news276341240 How-to books are full of advice on what makes a good mentor. But what makes a good mentee and what chemistry is needed to make the relationship work? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-good-mentee.html Health Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:45:05 EST news273494696 The sheer number of efforts aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of the U.S. health care system – ranging from portions of the national Affordable Care Act to local programs at individual hospitals and practices – reflects the urgency and importance of the task. One aspect that has received inadequate attention, according to three physicians writing in the January 2013 issue of Academic Medicine, is training the next generation of experts needed to help lead these efforts. In their Perspective article, which has been released online, the authors propose a framework for career development in what they call "health systems improvement," a term that encompasses a broad range of activities – including management, research and public policy – to improve the quality and efficiency of our systems of care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-career-paths-health.html Health Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:22:36 EST news273428537 Researchers at Boston University and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have determined that heavily indebted medical students choosing primary care careers will experience difficulty paying their student debt unless they consider alternative strategies to support repayment. These findings appear online in Academic Medicine, the peer-reviewed Journal of the AAMC. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-heavily-indebted-med-students-primary.html Other Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:33:51 EST news273231192 (Medical Xpress)—Lack of control over operating rooms and other resources as well as a lack of work-life balance are among the main reasons general surgeons may be dissatisfied with their jobs, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-surgeons-happy.html Surgery Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:19:47 EST news268049978 Patients of doctors who are more empathic have better outcomes and fewer complications, concludes a large, empirical study by a team of Thomas Jefferson University and Italian researchers who evaluated relationships between physician empathy and clinical outcomes among 20,961 diabetic patients and 242 physicians in Italy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-physician-empathy-positive-clinical-outcomes.html Health Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:54:38 EST news266496734 Mini-courses designed to increase creative stimulation and variety in physicians' daily routines can sharpen critical thinking skills, improve job satisfaction and encourage innovative thinking, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers who piloted a series of such courses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-humanities-mini-courses-doctors-sharpen-creativity.html Other Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:31:11 EST news263640625 (HealthDay) -- Having high medical school debt increases the likelihood of anesthesiology residents moonlighting and joining practice groups with debt repayment programs, while decreasing their odds of pursuing academic medicine, according to a study published in the July issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-anesthesiology-trainees-debt-impacts-moonlighting.html Other Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:30:02 EST news260540605 Soaring numbers of older, sicker prisoners are causing an unprecedented health care challenge for the nation's criminal justice system, according to a new UCSF report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-elderly-prisoners-medical.html Health Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:00:03 EST news258900657 Male doctors make more money than their female counterparts, even when factoring in medical specialty, title, work hours, productivity and a host of other factors, according to a comprehensive new analysis from researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and Duke University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-male-doctors-12k-year-female.html Other Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:00:01 EST news258720456 Training physicians in mindfulness meditation and communication skills can improve the quality of primary care for both practitioners and their patients, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report in a study published online this week in the journal Academic Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-physician-mindfulness-skills-patient.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:07:15 EST news254657223 (Medical Xpress) -- In a commentary published in the November issue of Academic Medicine, top recruitment experts at UCSF urge academic medical researchers to embrace new methods for recruiting participants into clinical trials. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-ucsf-experts-highlight-clinical-trials.html Other Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:50:03 EST news243858959 If future physicians are to best serve the changing health needs of patients and their communities, medical education must put greater emphasis on public health and prevention, experts say in a supplement to October's American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-medical-health-focus.html Health Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:40:18 EST news236400003 A broad panel of leaders representing health care, academic medicine, and physician education today called for sweeping reforms in the content and format of U.S. graduate medical education (GME) to ensure that physicians are trained more effectively and efficiently to meet public needs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-macy-foundation-medical-reforms.html Other Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:47:29 EST news234704826 With mounting evidence that patient-centered care improves medical outcomes, investigators from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine are providing a call to action for the training of future physicians to master relationship skills as well as the burgeoning scientific knowledge needed to practice 21st Century medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-future-doctors-patients-partners.html Other Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:04:37 EST news221997815 Medical educators need to be aware of the cultural context in which they teach because these outside forces can affect what is taught and how information is received by students. Drawing upon their experiences teaching medical students the same formal curriculum, researchers at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York and in Doha, Qatar, urge other educators to pay attention to cultural patterns outside their medical schools to be sure that their lesson plans don't go astray because of missed cross-cultural signals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-social-context-medical-health.html Other Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:11:40 EST news221836291