Four-day workweeks are starting to gain traction among nursing leaders. But physicians have been hesitant to embrace flexible schedules for several reasons, MDLinx reported Aug. 5.

Findings from an Emergency Medicine Case Study Emergency medicine is one of the most demanding specialties within healthcare, offering immense rewards but also carrying significant risk. Over the past five years, malpractice claims against emergency medicine physicians have risen by more than one-third, while other specialties have experienced a reduction in claims.

Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $600 million to the endowments of the nation's four historically Black medical schools.

The Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners opened a new program that allows medical school graduates who did not match into residency programs to gain experience under a licensed physician, The Cullman Tribune reported Aug. 4.

The 2024-25 school year is about to look different for some medical students. 

The Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., welcomed its inaugural class of 50 students July 29. 

WellSpan Health and Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine have signed a memorandum outlining their intentions to establish a new regional medical school campus in York, Pa., the two shared with Becker's via email Aug. 1.

Over the next six years, Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare plans to establish new residency programs at four hospitals, and expand several existing training programs. 

Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota graduated its first cohort from its BA/MD program.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Monmouth University have entered a wide-ranging affiliation agreement that includes clinical placement opportunities for students and access to urgent care services. 

Healthcare is rapidly changing, presenting challenges to new physicians and the organizations that train them.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has reimagined its curriculum to focus on early research involvement, long-lasting mentorship and on topics such as leadership and social justice.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans July 29 to establish a private, faith-affiliated medical school at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Finding footing as a new chief medical officer looks different for each executive at each hospital, but at children's hospitals, there are different layers to consider in a leadership role.

Counties that lack a cardiologist also have fewer primary care physicians, The Washington Post reported July 29.

The University of Colorado School of Medicine is adopting a new approach to training doctors, The Denver Post reported. Rather than brief stints in each specialty exclusively — the common practice in the U.S. — its students concurrently train in multiple specialties. 

Nearly 1 in 5 physicians experienced post-traumatic stress disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic — more than three times higher than the general population, a recent study found.

New Mexico launched a "free to practice" campaign to attract more physicians to the state, Santa Fe New Mexican reported July 22.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health and Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare finalized their merger agreement and launched a combined system in January.

U.S. hospitals need to do more to leverage the skill sets of international medical graduates and incorporate them into the U.S. health systems, particularly amid ongoing physician shortages, a commentary, published July 15 in JAMA Network, urges