Breaking Down Barriers to Medical Education
January 8, 2013 | Story
Inspired, in part, by the students he guided as an RWJF program mentor, a physician finds a way to offer open access to MCAT tutoring.
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What Kind of Physician Will You Be?
October 30, 2012 | Issue Brief
This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patterns of care provided by teaching hospitals with residency training programs.
Dual Degrees Becoming More Popular for Med Students
April 24, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
As the health care system moves away from traditional practice models and relies increasingly on medical homes, accountable care organizations and more, prospective physicians see advantages to something else that breaks with traditional: dual degre ...
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) to Include More Than Science
February 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) last week announced forthcoming changes to the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Mindful of the changing skillset that practitioners need to meet the demands of the job, the AAMC said that, be ...
Establishing Nine Abilities Expected of All Brown University Medical Grads
May 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Beginning in 1990, Brown University School of Medicine redesigned its curriculum. The school delineated specific basic science and clinical medicine competencies expected of its graduates.
SMDEP Alum Pays It Forward with the Tour for Diversity in Medicine
October 10, 2012 | Story
Two young physicians challenge disparities by leading a program that helps underrepresented students become health care professionals.
Mount Sinai Creates Department of Family Medicine to Encourage Primary Care
September 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Many elite medical schools — Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Yale, among them — have no departments of family medicine to train students who want to specialize in primary care.