Life-like simulators at Duke University Medical Centers let medical students practice doing surgeries while avoiding the risks of hands-on work. The simulators use the same technology that creates ...

Mar Nevarez, left, and Itzel Olimpia Acevedo Luna embrace over the casket of classmate Eric Andrade Ramirez at his funeral on Sunday. Andrade was killed while completing a year of community service ...

New survey findings indicate racial and ethnic minority medical students are more likely to say they plan on practicing in medically underserved areas upon graduation. The findings were published Oct.

PPE shortages, overwhelmed hospitals may delay their ability to join front lines The United States health care system is mobilizing to triage a public health emergency that is rapidly taking members ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states is looking to legislate the level of informed consent required for medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients for educational purposes.

A controversial bill intended to encourage Idaho medical students to practice in the state after completing their education — by requiring them to stay, or repay state aid they receive — has narrowly ...

BURLINGTON -- When the medical students entered the exam room, it was action time. The patient talked a mile a minute, hopped off the exam table, paced around and poked through the cupboards. But he ...

The first half of medical education (traditionally the first one to two years, which are also sometimes called the preclerkship years) prepares students to succeed during the second half of medical ...

When Alfredo Cortes arrived at a tiny clinic for his year of community service required of all medical students in Mexico, he found that he had no cellphone or internet access — only a radio. He lived ...

When Alfredo Cortes arrived at a tiny clinic for his year of community service required of all medical students in Mexico, he found that he had no cellphone or internet access — only a radio. He lived ...