medical school
What Happens When Doctors Don’t Learn How to Do Abortions?
“In those 2 a.m. moments in the middle of the night, will you know what you need to do to save someone's life?”
How I Sobered Up to Ace One of the Toughest Exams in the World
Some 85 percent of students fail the Graduate Medical School Admissions Test. Seven years sober, Michael got an all-time high score.
We're on the Verge of a Devastating OB-GYN Shortage
A new study identifies which cities will feel it the most.
What It Looks Like When Med Students' Grades Depend on Listening to Women
The University of Oxford medical school is pioneering a groundbreaking way of teaching gynecology, in which women from the general public train would-be doctors in the fine art of performing a pain-free pap smear.
Now Streaming: How to Do a Kidney Transplant
As medical schools seek to expand their reach and capture the attentions of smartphone-prone students, class is getting increasingly virtual
Why America's Minority Doctor Problem Begins in the Third Grade
The barriers to becoming a doctor that many minorities face start early and last into medical school. The results include ongoing racial health disparities — and fewer black students applying to med school today than 40 years ago.
Why Medical Schools Are Starting to Teach Doctors How to Cook
A "culinary medicine" program has now spread to 17 medical schools in the US.
‘Southern-ish’ State University Pilots Nation's First LGBT Med School Curriculum
Kentucky may be "Southern-ish," but it's home to the nation's first med school-wide curriculum for treating LGBT patients.
There Are Phantom Med Schools Lurking In Medicare Data
Analysis found that thousands of Medicare providers' records include medical schools that have been closed for 100 years. But nobody's checking them.
Medical Students Can Now Earn Credit for Editing Wikipedia
At the core of the project is the conception of med students as an untapped cache of medical information.