David H. Chong, MD, working with students Christopher Hoeger and Arin Kim during a skills class.
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Online, simulation scenarios ready med students for residency

To make medical students into practice-ready residents, one program is focusing on practical application of what they have learned.

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Tailor-made plans help M4s get more out of last year before GME

The University of Michigan Medical School has implemented a curricular overhaul that includes giving fourth-year students road maps to avoid the scourge of senioritis.

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These med students learn teamwork from practicing nurses

Teaching medical students to work with other health professionals is tough without other health professions trainees on campus. But this medical school found a way to do it.

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Schools push lifestyle medicine to boost chronic-disease prevention

The AMA seeks more help for lifestyle medicine across the educational continuum. One medical school pursuing this direction is the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville.

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App offers real-time assessment of trainees’ professional behavior

A new tool at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine seeks to change the way professionalism is assessed in medical education.  

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These med students learn to motivate lifestyle changes

Too many physicians are ill-equipped to help patients to do the hard work of changing harmful health behaviors. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is working to change that.

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Student wearing a VR device that simulates patient dementia.
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Dementia simulation gives med students insight on condition

Simulation that uses sensory tools is helping med students understand the scope and impact of the condition.

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#Best of 2017 Med Ed Student Projects
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Medical students relish role as innovators in education

Student-driven programs were a key component of innovation at these medical schools.

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#Best of 2017 Med Ed Population Health
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Learning to see beyond the patient in the room

The one-on-one approach is no longer sufficient. Population-health management concepts are being integrated into medical education in innovative ways.

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