Osteopathic physicians are significantly underrepresented on federal boards that determine research funding and healthcare policy, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine told Becker's Aug. 15.

In the last decade, nearly a dozen states have passed laws allowing medical school graduates who have not matched into a residency program to work under the supervision of a licensed physician.

The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Ark., is slated to welcome its first class of students to its four-year medical degree program in 2025, pending accreditation. 

Physician burnout fell in 2023 compared to the previous year, but the amount of "pajama time" being put in has not changed, an American Medical Association report found.

The Alice Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Ark., continues to firm out its leadership ranks as it prepares to welcome its inaugural class of students next year. Most recently, the school has recruited Yolangel Hernandez Suarez, MD, to serve as executive vice dean. 

Twenty-one percent of physicians are still paying off student debt, according to Medscape's "Physician Wealth & Debt Report" published June 12.

Fort Worth, Texas-based Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center is training its first class of general surgery residents — and they're all women, CBS News reported Aug. 7.

Four-day workweeks are starting to gain traction among nursing leaders. But physicians have been hesitant to embrace flexible schedules for several reasons, MDLinx reported Aug. 5.

Findings from an Emergency Medicine Case Study Emergency medicine is one of the most demanding specialties within healthcare, offering immense rewards but also carrying significant risk. Over the past five years, malpractice claims against emergency medicine physicians have risen by more than one-third, while other specialties have experienced a reduction in claims.

Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $600 million to the endowments of the nation's four historically Black medical schools.

The Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners opened a new program that allows medical school graduates who did not match into residency programs to gain experience under a licensed physician, The Cullman Tribune reported Aug. 4.

The 2024-25 school year is about to look different for some medical students. 

The Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., welcomed its inaugural class of 50 students July 29. 

WellSpan Health and Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine have signed a memorandum outlining their intentions to establish a new regional medical school campus in York, Pa., the two shared with Becker's via email Aug. 1.

Over the next six years, Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare plans to establish new residency programs at four hospitals, and expand several existing training programs. 

Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota graduated its first cohort from its BA/MD program.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Monmouth University have entered a wide-ranging affiliation agreement that includes clinical placement opportunities for students and access to urgent care services. 

Healthcare is rapidly changing, presenting challenges to new physicians and the organizations that train them.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has reimagined its curriculum to focus on early research involvement, long-lasting mentorship and on topics such as leadership and social justice.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans July 29 to establish a private, faith-affiliated medical school at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.