Category: Education

Monkeypox: Here’s How Colleges Are Preparing For Possible Outbreaks As Students Return

Schools told Forbes they were training staff to recognize and test for monkeypox on campus, developing online resources, emailing students and staff to raise awareness about the disease and promoting safer sex among students.

Monkeypox On Campus: Summer Cases Spotted, Schools Slow To React

This fall, universities will face another potential threat to public health on campus — but now, they can draw on their experience tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.

Student advocacy through the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA)

“Nerves ablaze, my voice cracked as I ended my remarks outlining the need for equitable data collection. I leaned towards the screen, adjusted my eyeline to make eye contact, and asked Representative Thomas Suozzi to support The Equitable Data Co…

What makes up the ideal residency program for you?

As we continue through the summer months, medical students are putting the finishing touches on their elective rotations for their fourth year. These rotations, also known as audition rotations or sub-internships, enable students to “showcase&#82…

If You Want To Live Longer, This Study Suggests You Exercise A Lot More Than Previously Recommended

Those who exercised 150 to 600 minutes per week reduced their mortality risk by more than 20%, an American Heart Association found.

To fight medical student burnout, focus less on the clinic and more on life

Medical training has historically been known for its intensity, during which work-life balance is traded in for intensive study sessions and early morning rounds. In recent years, medical schools have become increasingly interested in programs to impro…

Biden Tests Positive For Covid

The 79-year-old is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House.

Biden Tests Positive For Covid

The 79-year-old is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House.

Top 10 things new interns should do

New resident physicians who have earned their MD degrees will be heading to hospitals to start their residencies during the last two week in June and the first week in July. What can a beginning doctor do during the first month of internship to get his…

Should your child try for medical school?

An essay from 1989. Some day one of my children will likely ask what I once asked my stepfather, “Dad, do you think I should try for med school?” I feel that it will most likely be our inquisitive middle child, Clayton John (“CJ&#8221…