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Pau Gasol on Quitting Medical School to Play Professional Basketball
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River Monster: The Epidemiology, Ecology, and Pathobiology of Cholera || Radcliffe Institute
Water Lecture Series John Mekalanos discusses the biology of cholera, driven by his investigations on the molecular genetics of the causative bacterial organism. With his many colleagues in Bangladesh, Haiti, and elsewhere, he has provided strong evidence for how this organism emerged as a human pathogen and has recently become more pathogenic, as well as for why epidemics begin and end so abruptly. He applied this knowledge to the construction of genetically stable cholera vaccines that have been successfully tested in the United States and Bangladesh. 00:00 Introduction by Joan Ruderman, Senior advisor to the science program, Academic Ventures at the Radcliffe Institute and Marion V. Nelson Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School 01:54 "River Monster: The Epidemiology, Ecology, and Pathobiology of Cholera" by John Mekalanos, the Adele H. Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and the head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical SchoolFrom:HarvardViews:42 5ratingsTime:52:33More inEducation

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Austin 2012 Ballot Proposition 1 Central Health
Learn about Austin Prop 1 Central Health proposition on the November 2012 ballot. Do you think Austin should help pay for UT to start up a medical school here in town?From:EpicReviewsAustinViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:32More inNews Politics

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Dr. Larry Hollier, chancellor of LSU Medical School, far left, joined the Rotary Club of Crowley Tuesday to discuss LSUs plan to redesign Louisianas hospital system and the impact it will have on the GME. Welcoming him were, from left, Dr. Bo McNeely (program organizer), Alice Whiting (vocational speaker) and Clay Lejeune (club president).

Possibly no numbers showcase that more than the number of beds the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (MCLNO) had in the 70s until now. In 1970, MCLNO had 1,500 beds; by January, that number will be down to 150.

Numbers like that display the need for reorganization and redesigning how LSU Medical School prepares its students for the future and has led the school to already put plans in place to ensure that the state is putting out great physicians.

Hollier spoke to the Rotary Club of Crowley Tuesday to explain the schools plan on redesigning the states hospital system and the impact on the GME (graduate medical education).

In the future, were going to be better off than we are now, said Hollier.

Hollier painted a picture Tuesday that is far brighter than the gloomy one budget cuts tend to depict. The key for LSU is adaptation.

A key number in its adaptation shows the plan to shift more residents to private hospitals than public ones, to make sure they are getting enough cases to better prepare themselves for life outside of residency.

In its pre-Katrina days, LSU Medical School had about 75 percent of its residents in public hospitals and only 25 percent in private ones. Currently that percentage breakdown is 50-50. After the redesign is complete, Hollier expects the numbers to lie at about 30 percent in public hospitals and 70 percent in private ones.

While many would tend to believe hospitals that have a residents-to-patients ratio lying somewhere between 1.3 to 1.7 residents per patient, which is where LSU is showing hospitals like UMC in Lafayette and so forth sitting currently, is a good thing, Hollier is quick to point out that is not the case for residents trying to equip themselves with knowledge.

For residents, the ratio is far too high for educational purposes, he said.

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Students may begin their medical school careers riding on a cloud of altruism and goodwill, but its not long before the grueling schedule, avalanche of new vocabulary and stubborn patients can take a toll.

To return the student brain to a state of balance, David Watts, MD, UCSF professor of clinical medicine, argues that a healthy dose of literature poems and stories, specifically be a core part of the student experience.

It may seem counter-intuitive: Adding more work to an already-loaded academic schedule seems like a recipe for disaster. But in an article titled Cure for the Common Cold published last month in The New England Journal of Medicine, Watts says that poems and stories even just a few a week can show students the richness of human relationships. In other words, imaginative literature can reignite the compassionate spark that spurred students toward the healing arts in the first place, according to Watts.

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The UCSF School of Medicine, ranked among the top 10 in all medical school specialty programs assessed by US News & World Report, already makes efforts to help students express their compassion and empathy by integrating compassionate and emotional elements into case presentations. Watts, a published writer and poet, believes that medical schools can do more by adding literature to the curriculum, where the effects can be measured and reach all students, rather than just the ones who volunteer for electives.

Literature can be a valuable addition to the curriculum and will help check against the tide that sweeps our students in to the cold and distant path, said Watts. There are things poems and literature can do that no amount of didactic lectures and case presentations can.

UCSF School of Medicine is also home to Healers Art, an elective course that enables medical students to preserve their sense of meaning and calling and bring their full humanity to their work, according to the website of creator Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, a clinical professor in the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine.

In the 12 years since Remen founded it, the elective has been one of the most popular at UCSF. Her work recently was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Dozens of teaching hospitals across the country have used Healers Art as a model for their medical humanities programs.

Watts concedes that inserting literature into medical school curriculum wont be easy, considering the growing body of scientific knowledge and only so many fixed hours for study. But just one poem a week, he says, could offer students a new perspective, not to mention a respite from the academic grind.

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To Treat Emotional Toll of Medical School, Physician Prescribes Shakespeare

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Tuesday, UT President Bill Powers made his case for having one on campus.

"It would be very good for health care in Central Texas, training and very good for research in health care issues," Powers said.

Proposition 1 currently on the ballot asks taxpayers for 13 cents per $100 valuation on their property, or $260 on a $200,000 home.

UT will fund the actual school, while the $53 million per year coming from taxpayers would fund training for med students in our community's hospitals.

Powers says an Austin medical school will help keep specialists here, preventing people from having to go to other cities for care.

"Austin is the largest metropolitan area in the country without a major medical center," Powers said.

Powers says its as crucial to our well-being as transportation and housing.

Clarke Heidrick with the Austin Chamber of Commerce agrees. He says the medical school would be a tremendous long-term opportunity for the community, and would create 15,000 to 20,000 jobs.

"The University of Texas is the largest economic driver that our community has, businesses have spun out of it, Heidrick said. "Its a tremendous magnet for people who want to come here and do great things."

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