A great article in Insider Higher Ed discusses budget cuts that are taking place at many US medical schools. It is widely known that, in 2006, medical schools planned to increase enrollments by 30% to address the looming doctor shortage. Because of the prolonged recession, however, many schools have fallen short of this goal. Some schools no longer plan to increase class sizes while others, including Pritzker which is mentioned in this article, are reducing class sizes.
In the past, the federal government has increased loan amounts for certain offshore medical schools. The hope is that financing the medical educations of more US citizens will translate into an increased number of primary care physicians practicing in the United States
For example, 81% of Ross Medical School's revenue comes from federal student loans (Click Here for the source of this data). With hundreds of graduates annually, some Caribbean medical schools are producing more doctors than any US medical school or state.
Read the Inside Higher Ed article here.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
MedEdits Podcast!
The MedEdits premier podcast episode is about waitlist strategies and letters of intent. This will be the first of a two part series on this topic.
Click here to access the podcast. After listening, please send me your feedback: info@mededits.com.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Baylor College of Medicine: NEW Emergency Medicine Residency
The Baylor College of Medicine Section of Emergency Medicine has just announced the start of a NEW emergency medicine residency and is currently recruiting residents to start in July 2010. Since this is a brand new residency, these positions will be filled outside the match.
Shkelzen Hoxhaj, MD, MPH, MBA, who is a friend and former colleague of mine, is the chair of this progressive department. Bobby Kapur, MD, MPH, who completed his residency training at Yale and received his medical degree from Baylor, is the residency director. The department's outstanding leadership together with the diverse and busy clinical environments will undoubtedly make this a top-notch program in which to train. I encourage interested applicants to apply; it is a phenomenal opportunity to be on the ground floor of what will be a premier residency training program in emergency medicine.
Email Dr. Kapur to submit your application: kapur@bcm.tmc.edu
Here is the link for the Baylor Section of Emergency Medicine website.
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Shkelzen Hoxhaj, MD, MPH, MBA, who is a friend and former colleague of mine, is the chair of this progressive department. Bobby Kapur, MD, MPH, who completed his residency training at Yale and received his medical degree from Baylor, is the residency director. The department's outstanding leadership together with the diverse and busy clinical environments will undoubtedly make this a top-notch program in which to train. I encourage interested applicants to apply; it is a phenomenal opportunity to be on the ground floor of what will be a premier residency training program in emergency medicine.
Email Dr. Kapur to submit your application: kapur@bcm.tmc.edu
Here is the link for the Baylor Section of Emergency Medicine website.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Medical School, Residency and Social Media
Do admissions officers look at Facebook? Are they on Twitter? Do they google applicants? Do they read the Student Doctor Network forums? Yes.
I find that many applicants are paranoid about what might be discovered about them on line. Take control. Why not make your virtual persona someone of whom you would be proud? Follow respectable people and organizations on Twitter. Create a blog where you showcase your writing, ideas or advocate for good causes. Create a public Facebook profile that any admissions officer would love. Leverage your on line presence to your advantage so that when someone "finds you," they will be impressed.
Social media is so new that many medical schools and hospitals are forming committees to discuss how to manage this technology. For example, a group of residents at a major medical center recently published a video on Facebook that was obviously created while "on the job." This was discovered by the hospital leadership and caused a cascade of events causing the hospital to examine their "policies" regarding social media. So, be careful. Seemingly innocent postings can sometimes lead to unforeseen consequences.
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Become a friend of Dr. Jessica Freedman on Facebook.
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I find that many applicants are paranoid about what might be discovered about them on line. Take control. Why not make your virtual persona someone of whom you would be proud? Follow respectable people and organizations on Twitter. Create a blog where you showcase your writing, ideas or advocate for good causes. Create a public Facebook profile that any admissions officer would love. Leverage your on line presence to your advantage so that when someone "finds you," they will be impressed.
Social media is so new that many medical schools and hospitals are forming committees to discuss how to manage this technology. For example, a group of residents at a major medical center recently published a video on Facebook that was obviously created while "on the job." This was discovered by the hospital leadership and caused a cascade of events causing the hospital to examine their "policies" regarding social media. So, be careful. Seemingly innocent postings can sometimes lead to unforeseen consequences.
By the way, you can follow MedEdits on Twitter.
Become a friend of Dr. Jessica Freedman on Facebook.
Become a fan of MedEdits on Facebook.
Visit: MedEdits
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Registering for the MCAT
Be sure to sign up for your MCAT spring exam date now! Here is where you can register: MCAT registration link.
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