Student delegates Rebecca Haines and Faith Mason at AMA House of Delegates reference committee meeting.
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Medical students, residents need better training in EHR use

Renewed focus is needed to increase EHR efficiency and fluency among medical students and residents.

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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.

Transition to Residency
Medical professionals discussing what is on a computer screen as a group
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How EHRs, telemedicine slash barriers to team learning in med ed

Many impediments to interprofessional education persist. A recent webinar offered examples of innovative technologies that can help eradicate them.

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Magnifying glass held up to computer screen reading DATA.
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Few physicians are fluent in data. New program aims to fix that.

A fellowship program at the Regenstrief Institute aims to develop physicians and other health professionals who can translate big data into better care.

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Doctor using a virtual reality patient simulator.
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Virtual reality taking the dummies out of medical simulation

SimX is using VR technology to give medical trainees customizable experiences with simulated patients of all sizes, ages and colors.

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#Best of 2017 Med Ed, several banks of computer servers.
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Cutting-edge schools bring real-world IT to med ed

Health information technology had a significant impact on medical education—at both the graduate and undergraduate levels—in 2017.

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High-tech bank of computer servers.
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Pre-clinical med students perform health data deep dives

An NYU big-data project is giving medical students a way to explore real-world health delivery phenomena.

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Jay Margalus
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Video-game developer says med ed should go outside the box

Jay Margalus comes from the world of video games and big data, and says there’s room for creative thinking in medical education.

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Four medical students studying together.
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Despite hiccups, online learning tools bring value to med ed

Online learning is here to stay. How can it be leveraged to optimize medical education? Two medical school educators share their experiences.

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