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- 9/3/2012
The satellite solution: Is distributed medical education solving Canada's rural doctor crisis?
There's no question, getting young professionals to settle in small, out-of-the-way communities can be a challenge, especially when the bright lights of Canada's biggest cities beckon. Enter distributed medical education programs: Find doctors suited to rural life, train them in the community and, the thinking is, they'll stick around. Presented as a vital plank in a multi-faceted plan to ensure more doctors "go rural," more medical schools have opened distributed learning campuses across the country-13 are operating this year-including new campuses from Dalhousie and the University of Toronto. Health officials and educators have trumpeted the plan as the magic bullet solution for the rural doctor shortage. But how effective are these programs at getting doctors into under-serviced areas? - 9/3/2012
Surgery prevents diabetes
- 9/3/2012
Beating breast cancer
Dr. Alexandra Ginty’s triumph over invasive disease included emerging with a new outlook on life - 9/3/2012
Why the slipshod approach to paying clinical faculty?
The Medical Post gathered data from across the country and found wide variation in remuneration for community-based preceptors - 9/3/2012
UK nurses 'having to clean toilets and mop floors'
A survey of 1,000 NHS nurses and health assistants, by Nursing Times, found a third had cleaned toilets or mopped floors in the previous 12 months. - 9/3/2012
A recipe for healthier doctors
There's a movement afoot to convert medical students into foodies-and perhaps reform medicine and combat obesity along the way - 9/3/2012
Experts push for action to reduce premature deaths from NCDs
MONTREAL | Cancer control and government experts at the 2012 World Cancer Congress have outlined the priority actions needed to achieve the first United Nations' goal on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). - 9/3/2012
'Cancer Vixen' and other medical tales
A growing number of doctors are turning to graphic novels to teach med students