Tag: Education
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Incorporating Tablets into the Medical School Classroom
During their sixth Synthesis and Application Module (SAM), class of 2016 medical students used a simulation-based learning experience to review concepts learned during their clerkships and first two years of medical school.
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Area of Scholarly Concentration Enhances Medical Education
Students and faculty mentors share the importance of the Area of Scholarly Concentration, a four-year longitudinal project in biomedical research or a medically related field, as part of the new curriculum.
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3-D Printed Models Provide Lifelike Simulations for Training Pediatric Surgeons
Katherine Barsness, MD, ’11 MS, created life-sized, reusable models of a newborn’s ribcage with 3-D printing technology to provide uniquely authentic simulation-based education to training pediatric surgeons.
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Thomas Receives Family Medicine Teaching Award
Alisha Thomas, ’05 MD, instructor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine, received the 2014 Illinois Family Medicine Teacher of the Year Award by the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians for her outstanding contributions to the field.
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Physician Assistants Celebrate a Growing Profession
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) program raised awareness about the training and career of PAs as part of National Physician Assistant Week.
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Remembering Martha Pitel, Former Chair of Nursing
An October 21 memorial will be held in honor of Martha Pitel, PhD, RN, professor emerita and former chair of nursing education at Northwestern University.
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Platanias Appointed Director of Lurie Cancer Center
Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, a position he has served in interim since January.
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Teachers Become Learners at Medical Education Day
At the fourth annual Medical Education Day, Feinberg educators gathered for presentations, workshops and discussions to exchange ideas about their craft.
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Residents Give Advice to Medical Students at First Annual Career Fair
Medical students discussed choosing specialties with residents and faculty members during a panel and career fair.
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Faculty Experts Discuss Ebola Virus During Global Health Day
A panel of Northwestern Medicine experts focused on the current Ebola outbreak during Global Health Day 2014 on September 10.
