Source: Kurzweil Summary figure. Nanotechnology regulates stem cell function. (A) Suitable spacing for integrin activation and integrin-mediated cell adhesion, cytoskeleton organization and cell spreading. (B) Modified nanoscaffolds regulate stem cell self-renewal, neural differentiation and osteogenic differentiation. (Credit: Yang-Kao Wang) Nanotechnology may provide new strategies for regenerative medicine, including better tools to improve or restore damaged tissues, according[…]

Source: The Doctor Weighs In By Dr. David Mayer First Posted on Educate the Young on 10/25/2013 David Mayer MD, Vice President of Quality and Safety for MedStar Health I continue to enjoy following all the quality and patient safety work being led across the country by resident physicians. Many have come into healthcare with a much different[…]

Source: Inhabitat As much fun as 3D printing can be (printed mini figurines and lampshades anyone?), it’s also a world-changing technology with the potential to save lives. Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh just successfully 3d printed embryonic stem cells for the first time, and the technology has the potential to eliminate the need for organ donation. The artificial tissue could also provide[…]

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This is amazing, “science fiction” has become science fact: Source: MedGadget Surgeons working on the heart in a minimally invasive fashion have to do quite a bit of interpolating and imagining of where their instruments are in relation to the anatomy and how that anatomy is different from that of other patients. Typical intraoperative imaging[…]

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Source: Faimer The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research Distance Learning (FAIMER® DL) program offers health professions educators the opportunity to receive advanced training in all aspects of health professions education. Educators in medicine, nursing, dentistry, and other health professions can acquire the knowledge and skills to advance health professions education at their[…]

Source: Aspr.org By Sepi Ansar, Resources Director, Fidelis Partners/Medestar, Dallas, TX It’s no secret that one of the greater challenges we face in physician recruitment is filling rural searches. The country faces a physician shortage, which is only exacerbated in rural designated areas. Challenges with rural recruitment and retention are projected to continue well into the[…]

Source: Usmle.org As previously announced, changes to the Step 3 examination will occur in 2014. The current Step 3 examination is administered in two 8-hour test sessions, which must be taken on consecutive days. The restructured examination will also be two test days; however, examinees will be able to schedule the two test days on non-consecutive days.[…]

Amazing intersection of technology, anatomy, and human consciousness – great read! Source: Kurzweil Scientists from the 135 partner institutions meeting in Switzerland this week October 7, 2013 Simulated neuronal network showing 3D shapes of individual cells (reconstructed from lab data). Blue cells are silent, red cells are firing. (Credit: EPFL/Blue Brain Project) On Monday, October[…]