News, Medical Education, Med Schools in the Making and Doctors Day

Today, March 30th, is National Doctors’ Day 2010*! Photo Source/Credit:  http://www.doctorsday.org/ – All rights reserved – Copyright 2010 ( Link here for a short explanation of the Tradition of the White Coat ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Found on American Medical News this Monday, a feature [...]

News, Public Health, Haiti: Humanitarian Mission, and a new YouTube channel

This week, eleven clinical staff from University of Connecticut Health Center are volunteering for a medical humanitarian mission in Port au Prince, Haiti organized by International Medical Corps. They left Connecticut on March 18th and will be there for 16 days.  Below is a photo of  UConn physicians Lynn Kosowicz and Susan Levine: Thanks to [...]

News, Health Care, Public Health, Statistics, Demographics: A Healthcare Bill and County Health Rankings

An important change in the health of current and future generations of Americans is shaping up today – March 23 2010 – as President Barack Obama signed into law the H.R. Bill #4872 “Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation 4 Act of 2010“. A copy of the 153-page PDF version of the bill as written [...]

The Friday Post #48: A Collection of No’s

“That makes no sense and so do I.“ –Attributed to Daffy Duck ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ No is a universal word, and a universal concept, however you say it: Nein! Không! नहीं! Non! Kdežeby! Nee! Nyet! ניין! or 不是! So this Friday Post #48 for Mar 19 2010 [...]

Academic Medicine, Teaching & Learning in Medicine: Announcing a New Series called Learning Medicine

It’s looking more like spring each morning in the Northeast, after a nasty late winter. There are daffodils poking out of the ground. The days are growing longer. This morning I saw a green bagel in the cafeteria because tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day*. This makes it a good time to try something new on [...]

News, Academic Medicine, Teaching & Learning in Medicine, UCHC: NEGEA Conference 2010

I have been unable to post very much on the blog lately, and apologize for this.  It has been largely due to a combination of workload and snow-days! The Northeastern U.S. has been smacked by weekly snowstorms lately – but as the days grow longer and the sun gets a little warmer daily, there is [...]