Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill., has regained its designation as a level 2 trauma center, according to an Oct. 15 Daily Herald report. 

Interest in accelerated three-year medical school programs is on the rise amid mounting student loans and physician shortages, a physician argues in an opinion piece published on the Association of American Medical Colleges website.

New York University Langone Health announced Oct. 11 the launch of the Parekh Center for Interdisciplinary Neurology, a new center dedicated to the study and treatment of neurodegenerative conditions.

Obstetrics and gynecology is the physician specialty with the greatest female representation while orthopaedic surgery has the least, according to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

The University of California Davis announced Oct. 11 a partnership with the Sacramento County Health Center offering a comprehensive trauma-informed program for the state's youth in foster care. 

Internationally trained medical graduates in Washington state have the opportunity to get their medical licenses within two years, with an opportunity for renewal, under a new program, according to an Oct. 11 Time report.

The Medscape Physician Nonclinical Careers Report 2021 published Oct. 8 found one in five physicians has considered leaving their current job to pursue nonclinical careers. 

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam had denied requests from hospitals around the state to reinstate measures previously enacted early in the pandemic to address staffing shortages and capacity issues exacerbated by the recent surge of COVID-19 cases, according to an Oct. 7 report from Roanoke, Va.-based FOX affiliate WXFR. 

The Big Ten Conference has selected James Borchers, MD, to serve as its inaugural chief medical officer. 

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed two laws Oct. 7 updating physician assistant practices in the state under the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act and Medical Practice Act. 

Prisma Health has combined its two physician-led clinically integrated networks to form inVio, a new brand with centralized operations that has over 5,000 physicians, the South Carolina-based health system said Oct. 7.

Researchers at the University of California at San Diego are creating 250 air purifiers for locations around campus that filter at least 90 percent of the particles carrying the COVID-19 virus, according to an Oct. 7 report from CBS.

The American Medical Association honored 44 health systems for their efforts to support clinicians' well-being amid potential burnout. The organization unveiled the list in an Oct. 7 press release as recipients of the 2021 Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program. 

The Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants updated its guidelines for best practices for physician assistants and their employers, according to an Oct. 6 Clinical Advisor interview with Ann Verhoeven, immediate past president of SEMPA. 

Being truthful with patients about their prognoses is one of a physician's most difficult responsibilities. But when critically ill patients are in denial during their last hours, it only adds more pain, a pulmonary and critical-care physician wrote Oct. 6 in an opinion piece for The New York Times.

The American Academy of Physician Assistants is holding both in-person and virtual events throughout the next week to honor physician assistants around the country. 

Oklahoma would need 250 pediatricians to start work immediately just to meet the national per child average, according to the head of the state's largest pediatric residency program. 

John Hagel III, recently retired founder of Silicon Valley-based research facility Center for the Edge, said leaders today need to revisit an overlooked skill: asking questions. 

The California National Guard dispatched teams to three hospitals in northern California and the Central Valley as workers continue to fight the surge of COVID-19 cases, according to an Oct.1 Los Angeles Times report.

A study published Oct. 2 in Clinical Imaging found that artificial intelligence technology may deter one-sixth of medical students from pursuing careers in radiology because of  negative opinions of AI in the medical community.