A group of nutrition and education experts, including physicians at Dallas-based UT Southeastern Medical Center, has issued a proposal for medical schools to incorporate competencies on healthy eating counseling into their curriculum. 

Pittsburgh-based UPMC plans to phase out the internal medicine residency program at McKeesport (Pa.) hospital, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker's.

The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, which opened in July 2020 in Pasadena, Calif., graduated its first class in May and received full accreditation in June. This milestone coincided with the appointment of John Dalrymple, MD, as the school's dean and CEO. Dr. Dalrymple, a physician and educator, previously served as senior associate dean for medical education at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Michael E. DeBakey, MD, the late legendary heart surgeon, was known for making his residents and fellows sleep in the cardiac ICU at Houston Methodist Hospital when they had patients on the unit. 

CMS recently awarded more than a 100 teaching hospitals in 33 states with new Medicare-supported graduate medical education positions. 

The long-standing federal cap on Medicare-supported residency slots coupled with ongoing economic challenges faced by hospitals could spell trouble for the nation's physician shortage.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is exploring an overhaul of Medicare's physician payment model and looking to shift health incentives toward primary care and prevention, The Washington Post reported Nov. 21.

Greenville, N.C.-based East Carolina University broke ground on its $265 million Brody School of Medicine, Reflector reported Nov. 22.

Midwives and family medicine physicians are no longer allowed to deliver babies at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., according to WBEZ, a Chicago-based radio station. 

Ten primary care physicians at a Brigham and Women's Hospital practice, part of Boston-based Mass General Brigham, are resigning and joining a practice affiliated with Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, The Boston Globe reported Nov. 20. 

The CUNY School of Medicine in New York City will transition into an independent institution, separating from the City University of New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Nov. 19.

As some medical schools rewrite their programs, the University of Alabama at Birmingham's medical school modified its curriculum in 2023 to prioritize students' clinical reasoning. 

Nationally, 35.7% of physicians plan to leave their jobs in the next two years, but at Sutter Health, the turnover rate is only 2%, the American Medical Association reported.

Dermatology is booming with practitioners that want to join the field and has become so competitive that some organizations said they receive 600 applications for four residency spots, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 18. 

Boston-based Harvard Medical School received a $6 million gift from an alumnus and his foundation to expand the school's AI in healthcare education program, The Harvard Crimson reported Nov. 13.

A University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (N.C.) study found that medical boards rarely discipline physicians for misinformation, despite growing concerns over medical misinformation spread.

Two health systems are tapping veterans to address healthcare worker shortages and support veterans transitioning to civilian medicine.

A recent study identified two factors that can reduce primary care physician burnout — and neither involves additional training or value-based compensation.

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Mercy Hospital Southeast will soon become a teaching hospital, hosting clinical rotations for medical students at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

University of Louisville and Murray State University signed a nonbinding letter of interest Nov. 7 to explore the feasibility of opening a new four-year regional medical school campus in Kentucky, the Murray Ledger & Times reported Nov. 8.