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Opinion: Listen: Free medical tuition alone isn’t enough to close gaps in primary care

STAT

In 2018, New York University became the first U.S. medical school to go tuition free. They make the case that medical school debt is only one of many factors that influence new doctors to choose less-popular specialties and geographic locations for their residencies.

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STAT+: As AI grows in medical image analysis, concern about building trust with doctors grows too

STAT

In 2018, the researcher Pranav Rajpurkar was working on an algorithm that could find blood clots in patients’ legs from ultrasound images. ” said Rajpurkar, an assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Top Medical School Scholarships to Apply to in 2022

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

There’s no way around it, medical school is expensive and unfortunately for medical students, the costs have been increasing over the past several years. Predictably, the cost of attending out-of-state medical schools was even more expensive. BoardVitals Medical School Scholarship.

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The AAMC Just Released Medical School Admissions Statistics—Here's What You Need to Know

The Physician Pharmacist

Applying to medical school is getting harder and harder each year and the most recent AAMC data confirms this. We have seen a steady rise in medical school metrics as the competition continues to grow with each sequential application cycle. Step one: Study hard in high school to achieve your best grades possible.

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4. Financial Wellness and the Medical School Cost Dilemma with Dr. Tim Ulbrich

The Physician Pharmacist

Tim Ulbrich shares expert advice on managing your personal finances, setting up a budget, and making strategic financial decisions to pave the way for your medical school dreams. Pharmacy Debt and Medical School Debt : The burden of student debt can be overwhelming. Enjoying the podcast and want to listen to more?

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Blue is Bad

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

2018 Sep 25;11(3):355-357. Author information Jondavid Landon, MD, RDMS, RDCS Assistant Professor Eastern Virginia Medical School | The post SAEM Clinical Images Series: Blue is Bad appeared first on ALiEM. Ann Vasc Dis. 2008;1(1):45-8. doi: 10.3400/avd.AVDcr07002. Epub 2008 Feb 15. PMID: 23555338; PMCID: PMC3610218.

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RNAi biotech Atalanta debuts with $110m plus Biogen and Roche CNS tie-ups

pharmaphorum

While there are RNAi products on the marketplace, with Alnylam becoming the first company to get a product approved in 2018, it is difficult to get this class of drug distributed through the brain and spinal cord.