Increasing Educational Indebtedness Influences Medical Students to Pursue Specialization: A Military Recruitment Potential?

Encouraging medical students to pursue general practice.

to assess whether introducing beta-blockade immediately prior to surgery and continuing it for 30 days reduced the risk of cardiac events in patients at risk of, or with, coronary artery disease, vascular disease, previous stroke, etc. In POISE, about 60% of patients had a history of hypertension, but there are no data on the quality of blood pressure control or the presence or absence of eleva...

Motivating underrepresented students to pursue faculty roles.

Increasing the number of underrepresented nurses in healthcare has the potential to facilitate the provision of culturally competent care, which, in turn, increases healthcare access for diverse patients. To increase diversity in the nursing workforce, educational programs need to recruit and retain underrepresented students. Underrepresented students will more likely be attracted to a program ...

Effect of a simulated patient-based educational program on the quality of medical encounters at military recruitment centers.

BACKGROUND Simulation-based medical education has become a powerful tool in improving the quality of care provided by health professionals. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of a simulated patient-based educational program for military recruitment center physicians on the quality of medical encounters with adolescent candidates for military service. METHODS Twelve physicians participated in...

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2011 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges.

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2010 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges.

Vet Med Today: Facts & Figures 795 I cooperation with the 28 US schools and colleges of veterinary medicine, the AVMA conducted an annual survey of veterinary medical graduates in spring 2010 (Appendix). Information on veterinary graduates’ employment choices, salaries, and educational indebtedness was collected from 2,396 survey respondents, representing 93.9% of all graduates. All schools par...