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How to equip new doctors for the digital health frontier

As health technology booms, medical schools must equip students for the associated complex cultural change and increasing physician demands. Bob Wachter, MD, author of New York Times science bestseller The Digital Doctor, recommends schools help new doctors chart this new digital health frontier.

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AMA supports medical student access to electronic health records

The AMA adopted policy to ensure medical students are prepared for practice by receiving necessary clinical experience using electronic health records (EHR).

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Student interest in informatics outpaces opportunities: Study

A study looked at interest in training for clinical informatics—the study of health information and data to improve patient care. It found that medical students’ interest in learning more about health care data outpaces the number of opportunities to do so.

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How med schools are going beyond clinical training

Faculty at the 11 schools participating in the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative shared their thoughts on the changes their schools are making to go beyond clinical training and the results they hope to achieve.

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Teaching future physicians how to best use technology

I spent a few days last week at the University of Texas at Austin, where in 2016 a brand new medical school will open. As an educator, I’m excited by this opportunity. As a proponent of effective health IT, I see this as a promising view of the future of health care.

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How health IT is giving med students real-world experience

A new “teaching electronic health record” (tEHR) from Indiana University School of Medicine will give medical students a chance to learn clinical decision-making and system-based care using real data.

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How playing games can change medicine's future

In the health care system of tomorrow, physicians and patients will be playing many more games, according to some speakers with innovative ideas at TEDMED 2014, which took place last month in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

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How one medical school created a “student GPS”

At Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, a new program is tracking where and how students learn, gathering data on a variety of metrics to provide students with a real-time snapshot of their progress through medical school.

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What physicians need to make better use of technology

How can tomorrow’s physicians integrate technology into their practice beyond simply using electronic health records (EHR)? One medical school outlined exactly how physicians of the future can be adept at making technology work for them.

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