medical schools

After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a pathway into medicine may become much harder for students of color. Heightening the alarm: the medical field’s reckoning with longstanding health inequities.

Some medical professionals are concerned the decision could have implications for the diversity of medical students, the practice of medicine, and patient care.

Most first- and second-year medical students don't attend lectures. A student and a professor suggest it's a good time to think a lot about medical education, starting with "flipping the classroom."

The leaders of four historically Black medical schools are telling U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders that the federal government needs to bolster their funding.

The graduate-level medical school plans to move into the former St. Augustine Record building in late 2024.

Part of a national trend, medical residents at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia push to form a union to demand better working conditions and higher wages. Child care is an important issue for many.

Most doctors get little training in the science of obesity or how to counsel people with the disease. As a result, many patients experience stigma in the exam room.

Abortion training generally involves observing and assisting in the procedure. Many doctors and students now worry about nonexistent or subpar training in states where abortion laws were tightened after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Some who believe they’ve been mistreated are speaking out, including Dr. Dare Adewum, who says he had an unblemished record until he was hired to lead the neurosurgery practice at an Atlanta-area hospital.

Although COVID pushed many medical professionals to decide to leave the field, medical schools at USF, FSU and UCF saw applicant pools increase by around 1,000 people for the 2021 academic year.