Published: Mar 31, 2014 By Kevin Pho M.D. There have been articles recently suggesting that we shorten medical training to increase the number of physicians. Ezekiel Emanuel suggests shortening medical school by a year. In his JAMA piece, he writes, “Shortening medical school training to 3 or 4 years might reduce the maturity, life experience, and […]
By CATHERINE RAMPELL New York Times Monday, December 23, 2013 Full Story: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/how-medicare-subsidizes-doctor-training/ My Economic View column on Sunday looked at medical residencies, the biggest bottleneck in the supply chain for doctors. Most of this “graduate medical education” training is subsidized by Medicare, for somewhat strange historical reasons sustained by both legislative inertia and the stakeholders who […]
Full Story: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Chiropractor_vs_Doctor Are chiropractors “doctors”? Yes and No. They are doctors similar to non-medical “doctors” in other allied health care professions like optometry, podiatry, dentistry and psychology. Chiropractors usually have the academic degree of “Doctor of Chiropractic”, which is awarded after an average of 8 years of university training. However, medical doctors are allowed […]
Deborah Brauser December 11, 2013 Substance use disorders (SUDs) are increasing among medical residents, with the risk for relapse “very high,” new research suggests. A retrospective cohort study of more than 44,000 anesthesiology residents who began training programs between 1975 and 2009 showed that 384 (0.86%) had a confirmed SUD during their training. Of these, […]
12.10.2013 by David Pittman Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today Drug sales reps should be banned from academic medical centers, but mingling between faculty and pharma researchers is not a problem, according to a conflict-of-interest task force. “Pharmaceutical sales representatives should not be allowed access to any faculty, students, or trainees in academic medical centers or affiliated […]
12.03.2013 Rates of apparent substance use disorders among anesthesiology residents have recently been at their highest level since 1975, researchers said. Disciplinary records and other data sources on more than 44,000 individuals starting anesthesiology residencies from 1975 to 2009 identified 384 with evidence of substance use disorders during training, for an overall rate of 2.16 […]
Laurie Barclay, MD April 25, 2013 Medical interns spend only 12% of their time examining and talking with patients, and more than 40% of their time on computer tasks, according to a time-motion study published online April 18 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. “One of the most important learning opportunities in residency is direct interaction with […]
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2009 Nov;91(11):1413-8. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B11.22445. Al-Nammari SS1, James BK, Ramachandran M. Abstract The aim of this study was to determine whether the foundation programme for junior doctors, implemented across the United Kingdom in 2005, provides adequate training in musculoskeletal medicine. We recruited 112 doctors on completion of their foundation programme and […]
Acad Med. 2007 May;82(5):452-7. Day CS, Yeh AC, Franko O, Ramirez M, Krupat E. Abstract PURPOSE: To assess medical students’ knowledge and clinical confidence in musculoskeletal medicine as well as their attitudes toward the education they receive in this specialty. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey of students in all four years of Harvard Medical School was […]
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2007 Jan;30(1):44-9. Humphreys BK, Sulkowski A, McIntyre K, Kasiban M, Patrick AN. Erratum in J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2007 Mar;30(3):246. Abstract OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the cognitive competency of final-year chiropractic students in musculoskeletal medicine. METHODS: The face, content, and criterion validity of the Basic Clinical Examination (BCE) for musculoskeletal medicine […]
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2005 Jun;28(5):336-44. Sandefur R1, Febbo TA, Rupert RL. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of chiropractic education on knowledge of primary care tasks. Scores received on a test of knowledge of primary care tasks were compared between 3 samples of chiropractic students and 1 small sample of medical students. DATA SOURCES: […]
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 Feb;87(2):310-4. Matzkin E, Smith EL, Freccero D, Richardson AB. Abstract BACKGROUND: Basic musculoskeletal knowledge is essential to the practice of medicine. A validated musculoskeletal cognitive examination was given to medical students, residents, and staff physicians in multiple disciplines of medicine to assess the adequacy of their musculoskeletal medicine training. […]
September, 1998 – VOL. 4, NO. 5 Altern Ther Health Med. 1998;4(5):64-75 A comparative study of chiropractic and medical education Alan Adams, DC; Peter Coggan, MD, MSEd; Ian D Coulter, PhD; Meredith Gonyea, PhD; Michael Wilkes, MD, PhD Background • Chiropractic is the largest of the alternative/complementary health professions in North America. However, little attention […]