Unifaf et l’observatoire prospectif des métiers et des qualifications de la branche sanitaire, sociale et médico-sociale, privée à but non lucratif, ont publié les résultats de leur enquête Emploi 2017. Plus...
Medical education a focus of violence in conflicts
By Wagdy Sawahel. As a result of armed and violent civil conflicts, direct and indirect incidents have targeted medical education's components including medical schools and faculties, teaching hospitals, libraries, professors and medical students across several countries located in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. More...
Medical studies reform to meet societal needs
Algeria is reforming the first-year programme of medical studies to achieve a “quality education”, with greater coordination between the health and research ministries, Tahar Hadjar, the minister for higher education and scientific research, has announced. More...Colleges serve up culinary medicine courses
More than 40 medical schools have added culinary medicine programs to the menu to help students better understand how to combat obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases. More...
Colleges train to reverse opioid overdoses
Training is underway at colleges and universities to teach more people how to administer the drug that reverses opioid overdoses. More...
Know the signs of opioid overdose
The drug lasts 90 minutes at most, and a person can begin suffering an overdose again when it wears off. More...
'Handmaidens no more': what is the future for nursing?
Nurses were once seen as bedside helpers – now, they perform a complex variety of medical roles vital to the NHS. More...
Bristol University faces growing anger after student suicides
It is exam season at the University of Bristol. Midweek the campus is quiet. Students emerge periodically from exam halls chatting with their friends. More...
Action, not more reports, needed to tackle student mental health
The Universities UK report Minding Our Future highlights what those of us who work with students have known for many years (Call for urgent action to improve mental health services for students, 11 May). Mental health services are not integrated, and they do not always follow the person if he or she relocates, assuming that services are available for younger people and that they are able to access them. More...
UK universities call for joined-up mental health care for students
We must not fail a generation, says chair of group, urging better links between home and campus services. More...