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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: medical schools

medical schools stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - A Taiwanese medical school is responding to the island nation’s shortage of cadavers for study by bringing the family of the deceased fully into the program, the Wall Street Journal reports. At Tzu Chi University, medical students meet with donors' families and even compose poems to their “... More »

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China • surgery • Taiwan • corpse • donation • Buddhism • medical schools • cadaver • Tzu Chi University

Fewer Medical Students Considering Primary Care

Shortage of family doctors looms: study

Sep 10, 08 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just 2% of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care, forecasting a shortage of doctors who coordinate care and keep costs low, the AP reports. And it’s not just higher pay luring them away: They fear the paperwork and increased workload. Primary-care doctors must “... More »

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education • JAMA • Dartmouth • primary care • medical schools • orthopaedic surgery

Med School
Will Stop
Killing Dogs

Heart studies using
live canines set
to end next month

Jan 1, 08 2:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The last US medical school to sacrifice dogs so doctors-in-training can examine their beating hearts will end the practice next month, reports the New York Times. Medical students typically use echocardiograms to study hearts, and the subjects are live medical students. Students will “become just as good doctors without"... More »

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Man's best friend • medical schools • cardiology • medical students • echocardiograms • dog

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