A new course at the University of Minnesota is teaching undergraduate medical students cultural competence skills. The course focuses on teaching differences in cultural practices that medical ...

Educators may now be familiar with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) recognition of competency-based medical education through their introduction of Milestones for ...

Turning students into competent physicians in just four years is a tall order. They have so much to learn: anatomy and physiology and genetics, disease processes, how to diagnose disease and ...

The nation’s primary medical school accreditor currently requires institutions to explicitly teach students how to address the social conditions that could affect patient outcomes.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Marginalized groups across the city are coming together to demand special training for doctors and other medical professionals in Illinois. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported ...

The movement toward more dynamic and effective healthcare training is here. In the domain of healthcare, where the stakes are invariably high, the evolution of medical education represents both a ...

It’s time for Congress and federal nursing facility regulators to take action to improve clinical care as outlined in a new and damning industry quality report, according to long-term care physician ...

A group of nutrition and education experts, including physicians at Dallas-based UT Southeastern Medical Center, has issued a proposal for medical schools to incorporate competencies on healthy eating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Simulated shared medical appointments improved five domains of undergraduate medical education. The educational ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A proposal to encourage — not require — medical practitioners to get training in subjects ranging from suicide prevention to cultural competency drew an extremely cold reaction from ...