Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Medical Education
The Deception of Debt Distribution
Though physicians frequently receive criticism about their annual salary, less attention is paid to the other side of the curtain. Many young physicians are burdened with hefty debts and end up paying off their education for decades. However, not all Continue Reading …
MOC Trials
Maintenance of certification (MOC) has become a contentious issue for physicians across the nation. Many physicians are required to complete continuing medical education (CME) courses to maintain their state medical license and specialty MOC; however, the requirements may feel overwhelming Continue Reading …
Sleep over Safety?
Dr. Atul Grover, the Chief Public Policy Officer of the AAMC, alerted me to the fact that Public Citizen and the American Medical Student Association were up in arms over the current study deliberating between the 2003 and 2011 ACGME Continue Reading …
Toward GME Accountability
An analysis of over 750 institutions shows that fewer than one-quarter of doctors train as primary care providers. Dr. Candice Chen and colleagues attempted to assess outcomes of the nearly $10 billion federal Medicare and more than $3 billion federal-state Continue Reading …
The Social Mission of Medical Education
Medical educators must train those studying to become physicians in the science of medicine. But because many medical schools fund their endeavors through research money, the social mission of medicine often gets neglected. This nation, and by extension its medical Continue Reading …
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