The program creates a network of accredited sites where radiation oncologists can complete the final regulatory requirements needed to become authorized users for RPT.
The American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine is still pushing forward with its efforts to change how cardiologists are certified in the United States. While the group can reapply in the future for a standalone cardiology board, it is also looking at possible partnerships with other organizations.
The program is one of only a handful across the United States to offer students meaningful exposure to the field prior to beginning their official clinical training.
Association of Black Cardiologists President Anthony Fletcher, MD, discusses the group's efforts to educate patients in Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi.
A primary aim of medical humanities as a field today is teaching medical students how to harmonize technological innovations with care models such that patients are treated as whole persons: They have not just bodies but also minds, relationships—and lives.
After their proposal for a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine was shot down earlier this year, cardiology groups have asked the AMA for some support. "We feel like it's time for us to blaze our own path," one specialist explained.
The Pearl, a new innovation hub in North Carolina, will soon be home to the first training center of its kind. Many of the advanced technologies on hand will be designed by Medtronic.