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Future medicine, today's healthcare
2018 25 Jan
Is the “Smart Hospital” a chance for change? Prof. Heinemann explains how futuristic and smart technologies that are used in preventive and diagnostic healthcare, are embedded in a new digital professionalism and quality. Artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnostic radiology, robots in nursing and operating theatres, augmented and virtual reality... Read more
Amsterdam University Hospital breaks ground in its medical training with Sectra Education Portal
2017 14 Jul
International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra’s solution for medical education and clinical training, Sectra Education Portal, is now in use at the Amsterdam Center for Radiological Anatomy (ACRA). ACRA is part of the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Sectra Education Portal and its interactive tools... Read more
Emergency Medicine Residents and Gender Bias
2017 08 Mar
According to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, there is a wide difference in the training and evaluation of male and female emergency medical residents. See Also : 5 Strategies to Ensure Gender Parity in Critical Care Medicine Gender bias has long been suspected in medical training programs. This particular study evaluated,... Read more
How Role Models Can Help Increase Women in Radiology
2017 17 Jan
To ensure that more female medical students consider radiology as a career, radiologists need to learn more about role modelling, including how to provide more visible female role models for medical students at earlier points in their training, according to an Educational Perspectives article in the journal Academic Radiology. See Also : Representativeness... Read more
Virtual Medical Training for Improved Outcomes
2015 27 Jul
A team of researchers from the College of Nursing (CoN) and NYU School of Medicine (SoM) are addressing the barriers to wide-spread adoption of interprofessional education (IPE) as it can play an important role in achieving the aim of better care, better outcomes and reduced healthcare costs. The paper on the initiative titled "E-Learning with virtual... Read more