Category: MedicalEducation

Katherine Hobson
The Manhattan D.A. alleges the man offered a total of $15,000 in bribes to a hospital employee, who reported him.
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MEwens
Volunteers and med students also get to know the donors’ real names and cause of death.
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Jonathan D. Rockoff
Students in the Humanities and Medicine Program get spots in med school as long as they meet certain requirements — but don’t take the usual pre-med pre-requisites.
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Alicia Mundy
More than 53% of respondents said they didn’t get sufficient training in med school to address patients’ sexual concerns.
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MEwens
About 5% of residency application essays showed evidence of plagiarism, researchers say.
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MEwens
One panel member said unprofessional and abusive behavior was “pervasive in medical training.”
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Amy Dockser Marcus
An ABIM spokesman says most doctors are appealing and a number have obtained counsel.
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Katherine Hobson
If you go to a big teaching hospital for knee replacement surgery, the surgeon should tell you if he invented the artificial knee and so will benefit financially from its use.
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MEwens
Are the suggested guidelines too much or not enough?
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MEwens
The lawyers and ABIM may not be as far apart as it seems on the procedural questions.
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