The only degree of its kind in the country, the joint Doctor of Physical Therapy and PhD in Engineering program marries two disciplines for one clear benefit: improved rehabilitation therapies and technologies for patients with movement disorders.
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The Innovation Lab, within the Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning Center, develops medical training devices using state-of-the-art materials and techniques, including modern polymers, 3-D printing, and Computer-Aided Design, with the goal of improving medical education.
Medical students and their peers joined the Chicago Department of Public Health’s Students for a Healthy Chicago committee, which develops community projects and programs and provides a student voice for healthcare policy.
Harry Beaty, MD, a specialist in internal medicine and infectious diseases and dean of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine from 1983 to 1997, passed away on December 8, 2012. He was 80 years old.
Students listened as doctors discussed picking a field, the pros and cons of their specialty, and other professional experiences at the American Medical Women Association’s Annual Women in Medicine Panel.
Feinberg began rolling out the first phase
of its renewed Doctor of Medicine
curriculum in August with the Class of
2016. Learn more about the changes from
Feinberg faculty who have been involved in
its development.
For the first time, students in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences will be participating in an international learning experience. The students will be in Belize from December 3-21, with the expectation that more will study there in May, November, and December 2013.
Organized by the Student Advisory Committee for Global Health, Feinberg’s World AIDS Day events included a panel discussion, student-research poster session, and the opportunity to discuss the disease and its treatment with healthcare professionals.
A major four-year review of academic literature led by Northwestern Medicine researcher Michael Fleming, MD, MPH, offers a thorough understanding of what actually works and what doesn’t when it comes to mentoring and how institutions should approach research trainee mentorships.
Fourth-year medical student Amy Chen piloted a new rural health rotation in Montana. She spent four weeks this fall in small towns observing the similarities and differences between primary care in urban versus rural environments.