medical schools

The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is investing about $50 million to develop the school on the JU Medical Mall, with an inaugural graduating class in 2026 of about 75 med students.

The state awarded USF $5 million in recurring funds to create the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce. Millions of Floridians live in an area where mental health professionals are sparse.

The initiative was a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, who touted plans to help grow Florida’s health care workforce, increase access and incentivize innovation.

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.