Patients tend to listen more to female doctors
Women are more likely to heed guidance on nutrition, exercise and weight loss when it comes from doctors who are female, rather than male, a new study suggests.
A sneak peek into the lives of young doctors
It always is that way with a new job. Nobody is born knowing how to work, and learning to be proficient takes time, patience and training. If Terrence Holt?s new book
Doctor of pharmacy program to discontinue at Tulsa, consolidate at OUHSC
OU is phasing out the doctor of pharmacy training program at OU’s Tulsa campus and is consolidating it at OU’s Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City.
Nurses Are Lifesavers
Nurses are the center point of care and do remarkable things for the people they serve, including family caregivers.
Always Learning: How One Doc Utilizes Provider-to-Provider Social Media
Dr. Salazar is from Costa Rica, where unlike in the United States, medical school takes seven years to complete. After getting his degree from Escuela Autonoma de Ciencas Medicas de Centro America, he went north to Minneapolis. There, he did his four years of residency at Hennepin County Medical Center, in the Level 1 trauma center?s challenging training program.
An FIU Doctor’s Experience With The Ebola Outbreak
The Florida International University professor of infectious disease is on the World Health Organization?s go-to list to head anywhere, anytime whenever an illness becomes an epidemic threat.
The expanding role of the physician assistant
If you’ve ever gotten health care, for anything really, you’ve more than likely been helped at some point in a critical way by someone in this position.
New Legislation Introduced into Congress to Enhance Primary Care Physician Supply
On Sep. 16, Rep. John P. Sarbanes (D-Maryland) introduced a bill into the U.S. Congress called the Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, which, according to a press release from Rep. Sarbanes?s office, ?aims to help ameliorate the nation?s primary care physician shortage by providing training and financial assistance to doctors returning to medical practice in exchange for their service as a public health provider.?
6th Annual Physician?s CME Retreat from AMI – Nov 5-9, 2014
Location: Cranwell Resort, Lenox, MA
Registration:
Physicians:
$1,795 (On or before October 27, 2014)
$1,995 (After October 27, 2014)
Residents/Fellows
PAs/NPs/ Psychologists:
$1,595 (On or before October 27, 2014)
$1,795 (After October 27, 2014)
Registered Nurses and
Guests of Registered Attendees** :
$1,000 (On or before October 27, 2014)
$1,200 (After October 27, 2014)
**Including employees, spouse or partner.
Recognizing Quality Medical Providers During PA Week October 6-12
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (October 6, 2014) – In a continuously growing healthcare environment, meeting patients? needs is a big job. Pocono Medical Center would like to recognize the physician assistant (PA) staff on our team during National PA week, October 6-12.