Tumor Board Shadowing: A Unique Approach for Integrating Radiation Oncologists Into General Medical Student Education

Integrating Patients into Medical Education

UNLABELLED The discussions about medical education in the public focus upon quantity. The quality of the teaching process isn't questioned. But the professionalization of medical education should start with a close look at bedside teaching because it is the core of training medical doctors. PATIENT-CENTERED TEACHING: German medical leicensure act (Approbationsordnung) defines the quality of med...

INTEGRATING LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEMS INTO MEDICAL EDUCATION 1 Integrating Learning Health Systems into Medical Education

The original concepts behind learning health systems (LHS) were meant to address myriad concerns within the field of Western medicine, ranging from the high cost of healthcare (and resulting need for clinicians to provide greater overall value of care to their patients) to the wasteful gap of time between scientific innovations and their implementation within clinical environments. Although LHS...

Influencing medical student education via a voluntary shadowing program for trauma and acute care surgery.

Decreasing application into trauma surgery may be attributed to decreased exposure during medical school. We instituted a voluntary trauma call program for students to provide exposure to the field. After 3 years, participants completed a survey to gauge their experience. Of 126 students who participated, 68 completed the survey (54%). Interest in trauma surgery among students not previously pl...

A Compendium for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists

Is Medical Application Software a New Strategy for Oncologists?