National institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NiMHD). The project aims to improve evidence and the use of data that will help universities enhance and expand a culturally sensitive, diverse and prepared health workforce that will improve health and health equity in underserved urban communities. The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) is a president-led organization co...

Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Gene Regulation, Colleges of Medical Bioengineering and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Chongqing, No. 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District 400044, China; The James Hutton Institute, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK; Division of Cancer Research, Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital & Medical Scho...

Almost one half of U.S. students receiving B.S. and M.S. science degrees attend community colleges during their academic careers, yet for the large majority of community college students in the sciences, a four-year degree in a STEM discipline remains an unrealized goal. The authors describe methods intended to improve student learning, retention, and graduation rates of community college stude...

* Department of Neurology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, 3599 Rainbow Boulevard, Mailstop 2012, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. 913 (5884529) email: [email protected] § 5040 Bob Billings Parkway, Suite A, Lawrence, KS 66049, USA. email: [email protected] ¶ D-MTEC, D-PHYS and D-ERDW, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland. email: [email protected] # W.M. Keck Science C...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In the last two decades, the curriculum in medical education has changed so as to maintain its efficiency and effectiveness. Considerable changes are underway in many medical colleges worldwide. This study assessed the current status of the undergraduate curricula in the medical colleges of the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries, in relation to the SPICES (studen...

BACKGROUND Women have entered academic medicine in significant numbers for 4 decades and now comprise 20% of full-time faculty. Despite this, women have not reached senior positions in parity with men. We sought to explore the gender climate in academic medicine as perceived by representatives to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) ...

background: behavioral risk factors are responsible for a substantial portion of chronic disease. educating patients is a professional responsibility of medical practitioners. however, it has been observed that physicians did not practice what they preach. we aimed to study whether medical colleges inculcate health‑promoting lifestyle among medical students during their stay in medical colleges...