While most physicians recommend new parents receive at least 12 weeks of paid maternity leave, faculty at some of the nation's top medical schools receive far less, according to Bloomberg.
Integration & Physician Issues
To address the growing awareness of the role nutrition may play in an individual's overall health, some medical schools have begun encouraging students to enroll in elective courses in culinary medicine, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The article, "Engaging physicians: From 'herding cats' to proactive alliance," reviews a physician management from the administrative perspective and encourages healthcare executives to “engage and partner” with physicians rather than attempting to manage them.
Tensions are brewing between Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System and the Memphis-based University of Tennessee College of Medicine over control of the institutions' teaching program, according to the Times Free Press.
Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, will serve as permanent dean of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest School of Medicine, the university announced Feb. 12.
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Patients in need of neurosurgery care in Maui, Hawaii, must travel to the neighboring island of Oahu for treatment while Maui's sole neurosurgeon remains on leave, according to The Maui News.
The Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Illinois College of Medicine, which will welcome its inaugural class of students in July, will be one of the first medical schools in the nation to offer a medical doctorate degree program that integrates engineering with…
As physicians debate medical aid-in-dying, a series of articles published in The BMJ indicates most UK physicians support legislation for assisted dying.