Medical Education/Teaching Hospitals
The Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program is a vital investment in strengthening the pediatric workforce and access to care for children. As groups dedicated to protecting and advancing the health of America’s children, we thank you for your longstanding bipartisan support…
Bipartisan bills were recently introduced in both chambers of Congress to help alleviate the critical shortage of physicians. The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348/H.R. 1763) would add 3,000 Medicare-funded residency slots each fiscal year for the next five years, at least…
A record 33,417 medical school seniors and graduates were matched to U.S. residency positions today through the National Resident Matching Program, 1,518 more than last year.
The American Board of Medical Specialties Board of Directors yesterday announced its plan to implement recommendations to improve the continuing certification process.
The Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine will waive all tuition for the full four years of school for its first five classes.
The AHA today expressed support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care.
The National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment has released two new resources.
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: a Chicago suburb leads the nation in eliminating veteran homelessness, and medical schools crawl toward more enrollment diversity.
Also in this roundup of health care news: experts share insights on managing the diabetes epidemic; and foreign-born physicians make up a significant — and humanitarian — presence in health care.
The American Medical Association plans to award $15 million in grants over five years to graduate medical education sponsors, medical schools, health systems and specialty societies that partner to better align residency training with the evolving needs of patients, communities and the health care…