Future Docs 6: Facing an older, sicker nation
As a nation, we’re getting older, and we’re getting sicker. More of us than ever are over the age of 65. And more of us are suffering from at least one chronic disease. Next in our Future Docs series,...
View ArticleMore med school grads, but fewer residency slots
As if getting into medical school weren't competitive enough. Today's and tomorrow's graduates will find it increasingly harder to nab a residency position, unless Congress acts to lift the cap on...
View ArticleDiversity in Med School: Some Ups, Some Downs
New data is out in a report from the Association of American Medical Colleges on diversity in medical school applications, enrollments, graduations, and faculty. The headlines: future doctors are still...
View ArticleFuture Docs 7: Sarah and Peter Reach a Milestone
During the past school year, Rhode Island Public Radio has been following two Brown University medical students to see how medical training is evolving with changes in health care. We’re checking in...
View ArticleFriday is 'Match Day' for the Nation's Future Doctors
This Friday at 1:00 pm EDT, more than 17,000 U.S. medical school seniors and another 16,000 other applicants (internationals, etc.) find out where they'll train as residents for the next several years...
View ArticleDownload a Future Doc, Listen on the Go
Missed a Future Doc? You can always listen online. Or here's a way to download a story and listen later: just click on the story you're interested in, and look for the download link above it, to the...
View ArticleMed Students: Feeling Your Pain?
The medical students we've been following this year, Sarah Rapoport and Peter Kaminski, are about to wrap up their second year of medical school and, with it, their time in the classroom. They'll spend...
View ArticleBrown and JWU to Partner on Medical Education
Brown University's medical school and Johnson & Wales University's new physician assistant program are going to look for ways to collaborate, the schools announced today. What might that look like?...
View ArticleNew Med School at Quinnipiac Focused on Primary Care
This fall the new medical school at Connecticut's Quinnipiac University welcomes its first class of incoming students. And the school is apparently focused on turning out a particular kind of doctor....
View ArticleFuture Docs 8: Should Med Students Know the ACA?
What do doctors need to learn in school to take the best care of you? Clearly, they need advanced medical and scientific knowledge. But should we expect doctors to know something about how our health...
View ArticleFuture Docs: Educating Doctors for a Changing Health Care Landscape
Rhode Island Public Radio presents a public forum hosted by the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University on Tuesday April 23, at the Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond Street, Providence....
View ArticleTonight! Future Docs Live at Brown Med School
Where can you meet Future Docs Sarah and Peter and hear from some of Rhode Island's finest minds in health care and medical education? Wonder no more.
View ArticleFuture Docs 9: Teaching Medical Ethics
Some of the toughest decisions any of us will ever make will take place in a doctor’s office. But before those decisions ever come up, doctors must often wrestle with the options themselves. And those...
View ArticleFuture Docs: Live Forum at Brown
Today, who takes care of you, where, and how your care is paid for is shifting dramatically. Tomorrow’s doctors need to understand how to work in teams, how to balance quality and cost, and maybe even...
View ArticleFuture Docs 10: Good Luck, Sarah and Peter
Throughout the school year, we’ve been documenting the experiences of two Brown University medical students. They’ve begun their careers at a time when health care is changing dramatically – from where...
View ArticleDr. Stanley Aronson on the Future Docs of America
As we celebrate the conclusion of our school-year-long series "Future Docs," guest blogger Dr. Stanley M. Aronson reflects on how far medical education has come since he entered the field 70 years ago.
View ArticleA Year of Future Docs, In One Documentary
Throughout the school year, we've been following two bright, young, future doctors. Now, we're wrapping up the journey with a one-hour documentary about the crucible of medical school, set against the...
View ArticleHappy Match Day, Future Docs!
Today, medical students across the country found out where they'll be spending the next several years of their training, as a resident. It's called Match Day, and it's a celebration for many, the...
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