Resident & Student Focus

(3/17/2011, 2:30 p.m.)  --  For the second year in a row, the number of medical students choosing to enter family medicine has risen. That's according to the results of the 2011 National Resident Matching Program, or NRMP. Known as the Match, preliminary figures from this year's NRMP show that family medicine residency programs filled 2,576 positions of the 2,730 offered, for a record-high fill rate of 94.4 percent. More

(1/26/2011, 5:10 p.m.)  --  It doesn't take being a parent to figure out that kids like video games. And a growing body of research shows that college students do, too. Moreover, certain types of games and related new media can enhance the learning experience compared with traditional teaching techniques. It's less clear, however, whether the nation's medical students can be counted among these video-engaged learners. Now, a study conducted by two family physician-educators has found that medical students are indeed enthusiastic about the idea of using new media -- including video games -- in their medical education. But, they say, it's got to be fun. More