Twenty-eight states and Washington, D.C., offer a variety of loan repayment programs for medical students, according to a database maintained by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Oregon offer state-funded student loan forgiveness for medical students, according to a database maintained by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia will collaborate with Staten Island, N.Y.-based Richmond University Medical Center to provide anesthesia services, according to a Sep. 1 news release.
Waterbury, Conn.-based Saint Mary's Hospital has opened a 'serenity suite' to support staff resiliency and wellbeing.
Medical schools across the nation experienced disruptions to pathway programs and other measures intended to boost diversity during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study published Aug. 29 in JAMA Network Open found.
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The California Senate passed a bill Aug. 25 that would allow regulators to punish physicians for spreading misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19.
Congress should focus on enacting permanent solutions to address medical student debt and the "shrinking primary care workforce," Sterling Ransone Jr., MD, wrote for The Hill Aug. 27.
Most clinicians in the U.S. safety net practices reported "moral distress" during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Aug. 26 report from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health and Atlanta-based Morehouse School of Medicine — a historically Black institution — have joined forces with the intent of improving health equity by training diverse clinicians.
The Biden administration on Aug. 24 released plans to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for individuals earning less than $125,000 a year. While medical residents and nursing school graduates may benefit from the relief, fully trained, practicing…