Medical Student’s Idea Sparks Bill That Calls for Warning Labels on All Sugary Drinks He got the idea for a bill that would mandate a warning label for sugary drinks from the students he taught in his high school science class. Teaching in a low-income public school in San Jose, Tom Gaither, now a first-year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, said students were allowed to bring drinks to class — and many of them brought sugar-laden sodas and energy drinks. “So many of the kids didn’t know how bad surgery beverages were for them,” says Gaither. ... February 20, 2014 Medical Students, Public Health Medical Students, Obesity, Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
Competition Opens for Young Physicians Patient Safety Award Medical Students and Residents Encouraged to Submit Essays for $5,000 Awards Entries are now being accepted for the 2014 Young Physicians Patient Safety Award, The Doctors Company Foundation has announced. Medical students and residents are eligible to compete for six $5,000 awards. Winners will also receive travel to the Association of American Medical College’s Integrating Quality meeting in Chicago June 12–13, 2014, where the awards will be presented. Entrants must be third- or fourth-year medical students or first-year residents who were in a hospital setting as of June 2013. Entrants must ... November 25, 2013 Medical Students, Resident Physicians, Risk Management Patient Safety, Risk Management, Young Physicians 0 0 Comment Read More »