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One of the primary reasons that Dr. Howard Barrows pioneered the practice of using standardized patients was to provide a method for improving communications skills for medical students. That raison d'etre is still applicable today, as is shown in this 2015 article in the New England Journal of Medicine. The author, Dr. Richard Schwartzstein, is Associate Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), as well as Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has a strong interest in medical education and holds leadership positions in education at BIDMC and at Harvard Medical School.
Dr Schwartzstein notes that the need to train medical students to communicate effectively with patients is as relevant as ever. He recommends several approaches for sustaining compassion and communications skills in medical school. Salient to SP educators, he recommends "refining measures for assessing interpersonal skills," and we all fully realize that using SPs is a primary method for doing so. We hope you enjoy reading this insightful article.
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By Scott George, Clinical Skills USA Inc.
 The use of GTAs and MUTAs to teach pelvic and rectal examinations is a practice that is widely accepted, and highly valued, by medical and nursing schools. Unfortunately, it is not as widely understood nor accepted by the general public. The article that follows, "These Medical Models Use Their Own Bodies As Teaching Tools," was published recently by Vocativ. The journalist explores what it is like to serve as a GTA/MTA and methods for teaching pelvic and rectal examinations to healthcare providers by focusing on Clinical Skills USA, a company founded by Scott George. The article describes how Scott's "guiding patients" provide their invaluable services to teaching institutions across the country. It is an interesting read that we are confident you will enjoy. To learn more about Clinical Skills USA, visit their website at www.clinicalskillsusa.com.
Vocativ is a media and technology company launched in 2013 that uses data-mining technology to search the Web to discover and publish unique stories, while also developing original content. Learn more about Vocativ at www.vocativ.com.
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The Patriot-News
Matthew Johnson took a deep breath as YTI Career Institute student Marissa Arena tightened the rubber band around his bicep. "You're good at this, right?" he asked, chuckling as Arena leaned in and rubbed her finger over his arm to check for veins. Johnson, a computer systems specialist student, was one of several volunteers who helped about 12 medical assistant students complete a graduation requirement: 43 successful needle sticks on a live person.
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Kaiser Health News
Like many professionals, physicians take time off to raise children, care for sick family members or to recover from their own illnesses. Some want to return from retirement or switch from non-clinical jobs back to seeing patients. But picking up where they left off is more difficult in medicine than in most careers. In medicine, change occurs quickly. Drugs, devices and surgical techniques that were standard a decade ago may now be obsolete.
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The New York Times
Allison Bond writes: I could tell my patient was dying. In the final stage of liver failure, she lay listlessly in her hospital bed, her skin ashen and her eyes dull. Intractable intestinal bleeding, likely related to her underlying disease, had landed her in the intensive care unit. Although all patients in intensive care are tenuous, it was clear she was worse off than most. Her daughter and granddaughter hovered worriedly near her bedside. "What is going to happen to her?" her daughter asked me, her voice wavering.
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By Betty Boyd
 Leadership is not a one-way street. Leader should not hide out in their offices and expect an organization to run itself. Leadership is about constant difficulties, growing pains, helping others and being results-driven. Through all of this, it's important that a leader maintains transparency. Being transparent does not mean sticking your head in the sand. It means you must lead openly, so others will follow and want to be led by you. Here are four tips for better transparency.
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Talent Management
The right interview techniques can make or break a talent manager's recruitment and retention rates. Knowing what information to look for, how to get it through the right questions and how to blend different types of interviews together can not only make it easier to say yes to a candidate but also make it easier for a candidate to say yes to an offer.
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Fast Company
Who gets sent in when the environment is uncertain and risky, the task complicated and challenging and the opposing force is overwhelming? It's highly trained small teams such as SEALs or Delta Force. There's nothing like the agility, focus and inventiveness of an effective small team of committed and talented individuals.
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KQED-TV
The Medical College Admission Test has been thoroughly revamped and is now three hours longer — it takes 7.5 hours to complete, including breaks — and covers four new subjects, including a combined section on psychology and sociology that accounts for a quarter of the overall score. Test takers will now have to define terms like "institutional racism" and "social constructionism."
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Harvard Business Review
In a few years, the idea of receiving medical treatment exclusively at a doctor's office or hospital will seem quaint. Wearable technologies, implanted devices and smartphone apps allow continuous monitoring and create a ubiquitous, 24/7, digitized picture of your health that can be accessed and analyzed in real time, anywhere. Data gathering isn't the only force moving treatment out of the doctor's office.
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