Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
News for Academic Physicians
"Explosive" growth in Hispanic medical students
Reflecting in part the "explosive" growth in the number of Hispanics in the United States, a growing number of Hispanic applicants are applying to and enrolling in medical school, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. This number has climbed nearly 23 percent since 2004 and 6 percent between 2010 and 2011, the article notes, citing Association of American Medical Colleges data.
Pipeline programs encouraging young Hispanic students to consider medicine as a viable career option seem to be paying off. In Chicago, for example, the new $22 million Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy, a charter high school in the largely Hispanic Pilsen neighborhood, will help train the next generation of physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
The AMA Doctors Back to School (DBTS) program, which is partnering with the Commission to End Health Care Disparities, is working to increase the number of minority physicians and ultimately work toward eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities. Learn more about the DBTS program.
View "fast facts," learn about trends in medical education
Learn about trends in undergraduate and graduate medical education by viewing the AMA's Medical Education "Fast Facts" Web page. The page offers data tables, graphs and analyses that present information on a variety of topics of interest to medical school and residency program administrators, faculty members and others involved in medical education. Updates and new analyses are added periodically.
Design your practice to meet the needs of your geriatric patients
The AMA e-book Geriatric Care by Design highlights the unique needs of aging patients in a physician practice through a design/practice management perspective. This publication's convenient e-book format features easy-to-implement ideas and templates that are readily available at your fingertips for making changes both big and small in your practice.
Topics covered include:
- Health literacy and patient self-management
- Culturally effective care and health disparities
- Medical home coordination of care
- Structural design
- Evaluating your practice
- Staffing and human resources
- Role for the family caregiver
View and purchase Geriatric Care by Design.
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