Tag: Medical Education
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Student Embraces a Nontraditional Path to Medical School
Marlise Pierre-Wright, a second-year medical student, hopes to use her experience working in health policy and her medical school education to be an advocate for patients both in the clinic and in the federal government.
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Delivering Bad News: ‘Patients Remember These Conversations Forever’
A Northwestern Medicine study shows how simulation-based mastery learning helps train physicians to have difficult conversations with patients in a clear and compassionate way.
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Remembering Virginia Bishop, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Virginia Bishop, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Public Health Practice, was a respected colleague, educator and advocate for diversity, inclusion and equity in healthcare and medical education.
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LCME Accreditation Self-Study Process Kicks Off at Feinberg
The medical school’s 18-month-long self-study process, part of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education’s accreditation process, kicked off last week.
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Funding Disparities Research and Underrepresented Minority Scientists
Northwestern authors discuss a recent JAMA editorial highlighting the lack of funding for health disparities and to minority scientists and how health equity will suffer if not addressed.
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Operation Warm Blanket Provides Support, Resources for Chicago’s Homeless
Northwestern’s Operation Warm Blanket program, run by Northwestern Medicine staff and Feinberg students , helps Chicago’s homeless get back on their feet through providing wrap-around services, supportive housing resources and medical care.
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Medical Student Variety Show Benefits Chicago Family Support Center
Medical students performed a variety of comedy skits and musical numbers that parodied the medical school experience at the 41st annual performance of In Vivo, Feinberg’s sketch comedy and variety show.
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Premier Active Learning Environment Launches at Feinberg
A new and innovative active learning space on the Chicago campus has recently come online – the 4,800 square foot classroom was the result of years of development by the Office of Medical Education and Northwestern Information Technology.
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ECMH Enhances Primary Care Education for Students
Students in Feinberg’s Education Centered Medical Home program — a four-year, team based clerkship in underserved settings — experienced superior primary care training, according to a recent study.
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Northwestern Simulation Serves as a Home for Clinical, Surgical Skills Training
Northwestern Simulation, which was recently reaccredited as a Comprehensive Education Institute by the American College of Surgeons, provides state of the art simulation-based training and education.
