Graduate Medical Education

COVID-19 has changed graduate medical education, perhaps permanently. The option of early graduations at some medical schools has allowed new doctors to join in the fight to defeat COVID-19. Dr. Alison Whelan, the Chief Medical Education Officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, joins Chip to discuss how new and current residents are helping on the front lines, the changing training patterns of our country’s newest doctors and what it means to be starting your medical career during COVID-19. […]

Read More… from The New Doctors Joining the Front Lines of COVID-19 With Dr. Alison Whelan

The Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee leaders today expressing support for several of the health care related bills that are scheduled to be marked-up on Wednesday. […]

Read More… from FAH Supports Ways and Means Committee Action on Vital Health Care Bills

HCA Healthcare is already the largest provider of graduate medical education in the country, and it has plans to keep growing the program — doubling it in size in the next few years. Dr. Michael Cuffe, President of the Physician Services Group at HCA Healthcare, is in charge of training the next generation of doctors. Listen in as he and Chip talk about how they are preparing our physicians to treat patients with tomorrow’s medicine. […]

Read More… from Training a New Generation of America’s Doctors – How HCA Healthcare Is Changing the Graduate Medical Education Landscape