article thumbnail

3 Years of Med School Might Be Enough to Produce Quality Doctors

Drugs.com

15, 2024 -- It’s typically thought that medical school requires four years of study after graduating college.But doctors might be able to shave a year off their medical education and still do a great job treating patients, a new study. TUESDAY, Oct.

Doctors 246
article thumbnail

Will We Have Fewer Doctors of Color?

Drugs.com

13, 2025 -- Medical schools have experienced a steep decline in enrollment among Black and Hispanic students since the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions.The number of Black medical students fell by nearly 12%. MONDAY, Jan.

Doctors 130
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A-levels U-turn: Medical schools call for places cap to be lifted

The Pharma Data

The number of students studying to be doctors is regulated because of the cost and for NHS workforce planning. Ministers are coming under pressure to lift the limit on the number of places to study medicine in England, after changes to how A-levels are awarded.

article thumbnail

Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance

Broad Institute

Appearing today in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics , the results could help improve outbreak response and clinical care by bringing tests that are accurate, low-cost, and fast to doctors’ offices and labs across the US and in other countries.

Virus 144
article thumbnail

#WhyIScience Q&A: A process development lead returns to her research roots

Broad Institute

When I went to school, I was set on becoming a doctor. I told him I was struggling with my classes and that I didn’t think I'd make it to medical school. Then he asked, “Well, why do you want to be a doctor?” Then he asked, “Well, why do you want to be a doctor?” And if I did, I wouldn’t be happy.

article thumbnail

With retinal images and genetic data, researchers predict cardiovascular, metabolic, and other disease risks

Broad Institute

“We’ve come to realize recently that there is a lot more information that we can get from our retina images than we thought was possible,” says senior author Nazlee Zebardast, director of glaucoma imaging at Mass Eye and Ear and an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

Disease 124
article thumbnail

Michael Trembley

Broad Institute

Before joining PCL, Trembley served as an instructor and research fellow at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. During his doctoral training at the Aab Cardiovascular Institute, he utilized rodent models of heart failure to explore the signaling pathways activated by pressure overload in the heart.