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Medical students: Learn why team-based care is so critical

“None of us is as smart as all of us,” goes the saying. It applies to medicine too.

Medical School Life
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Medical students: Learn how to behave like a leader in medicine

Discover opportunities to develop your leadership skills and advocate for patients and the profession—at both the local and national levels. 

Medical School Life
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3 ways medical schools are embracing gamification

Role-playing games, "escape rooms" and virtual reality are putting a new twist on med school. Find out more about innovative gamification ideas for medical education.

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Prioritizing an overlooked lesson in medical school: How to lead

Physicians are expected to lead health care teams, yet medical schools traditionally offer few opportunities for students to take leadership roles in shaping curricula. Change is afoot.

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David H. Chong, MD, working with students Christopher Hoeger and Arin Kim during a skills class.
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Online, simulation scenarios ready med students for residency

To make medical students into practice-ready residents, one program is focusing on practical application of what they have learned.

Preparing for Residency
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These med students learn teamwork from practicing nurses

Teaching medical students to work with other health professionals is tough without other health professions trainees on campus. But this medical school found a way to do it.

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Medical professionals discussing what is on a computer screen as a group
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How EHRs, telemedicine slash barriers to team learning in med ed

Many impediments to interprofessional education persist. A recent webinar offered examples of innovative technologies that can help eradicate them.

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#Best of 2017 Med Ed Student Projects
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Medical students relish role as innovators in education

Student-driven programs were a key component of innovation at these medical schools.

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Hotspotting gives med students insight on vulnerable patients

Interprofessional student teams at the University of North Carolina are working to advocate on behalf of the sickest patients.

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