A new course at the University of Minnesota is teaching undergraduate medical students cultural competence skills. The course focuses on teaching differences in cultural practices that medical ...

In this article, we argue in favor of a promising paradigm for training physicians: competency-based medical education (CBME). 10 CBME takes an outcomes-based approach in training learners to become ...

Educators may now be familiar with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) recognition of competency-based medical education through their introduction of Milestones for ...

Science communication has exploded since the COVID-19 pandemic. While Carl Sagan, PhD, MS, was the first household name in science communication, it took a long time for the field to gain traction.

Turning students into competent physicians in just four years is a tall order. They have so much to learn: anatomy and physiology and genetics, disease processes, how to diagnose disease and ...

The movement toward more dynamic and effective healthcare training is here. In the domain of healthcare, where the stakes are invariably high, the evolution of medical education represents both a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Marginalized groups across the city are coming together to demand special training for doctors and other medical professionals in Illinois. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported ...

The nation’s primary medical school accreditor currently requires institutions to explicitly teach students how to address the social conditions that could affect patient outcomes.

It’s time for Congress and federal nursing facility regulators to take action to improve clinical care as outlined in a new and damning industry quality report, according to long-term care physician ...

In an in2itive blog post, Summer Philips, an in2itive team member, discusses employee competencies that are important in the medical billing and revenue management industry as well as how to build the ...