Northwest Suburban College

APRIL 4, 2024

The role of a medical assistant is diverse, encompassing a broad range of tasks and responsibilities in the healthcare industry. From clinical procedures to administrative duties, the expertise of a medical assistant is essential in ensuring the smooth functioning of medical offices, clinics, and hospitals.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Sadly, the frustrating fact is that there’s no rule governing how much time a medical school has to respond to your application. However, we’ll try to answer some of the big questions on med school applicants’ minds, including: How long does a medical school have to invite an applicant to submit a secondary application? Don’t give up!

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Prism Career Institute

JUNE 1, 2024

Medical assistants serve as crucial members of healthcare teams. The role provides a wide range of desirable benefits, including employment opportunities like primary and pediatric medical assisting , as well as roles in more unique settings. What Does a Medical Assistant Do?

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Show Summary Would you like to hear insight based on decades of experience, both advising applicants to a variety of healthcare programs and working in admissions offices for, again, many different healthcare programs? He discusses the admissions process for healthcare programs. Do you know how to get accepted to medical school?

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

Show Summary In this episode, Linda Abraham interviews Christian Essman, Senior Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Case Western Reserve University Medical School. Show Notes Thanks for tuning into the 571st episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Are you ready to apply to your dream medical schools? 1:31] Hi, Linda.

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

News & World Report , Washington University (WashU) School of Medicine provides exciting opportunities for medical students to participate in research at the basic science or clinical levels. Essay #2 Is there anything else you would like to share with the Committee on Admissions? Focus on how you then improved. Be mindful.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 12, 2024

To keep this around 1500 words, I’ll limit this to the discussion of two of these: duty hour reform and the electronic medical record. Most of my undergraduate medical education took place at New York Hospital, where a medical error occasioned the first calls for duty hour reform.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I’m grateful to the nurse leadership teams at Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, and Sonsiel for inviting me to participate in another round of t he #NurseHack4Health hackathon pitches over the past weekend. voice tech, smart medication dispensers, and remote health monitors).

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Accepted Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Community service is not just another hoop you need to jump through to get admitted to medical school. But which experiences will have the greatest impact on an admissions committee and show that you’ve taken your previous rejection and used it as fuel to create a more powerful application this time? Train and work as a Medical Scribe.

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WSMDA

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This is an exciting time to become a medical assistant! With all the employment turmoil of the last few years, all types of medical practices are desperate for workers. It is a true labor market, and attending a medical assistant training school in New York provides a fast and straightforward way to enter the field.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 31, 2023

I came to her room for rounds in the morning. I segued the conversation to finalizing details on her medications and trying to figure out a place for her a place to stay, as the shelters were full. We had little information about her: she had no prior history in our medical record and was not in possession of identification.

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Accepted Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

clinic work in underserved communities, organizing vaccination or health screening for a community with limited access, providing medical or health care resources to people experiencing homelessness) Medical education (e.g., advocacy in medical school) to show a deeper connection/impact.

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Setting Sights

MAY 2, 2022

I can still remember my last day of Medical School, though it was never meant to be the last. All medical students were sent home. That was the last time I saw the hospital, where I lived and learnt as a medical student, for a very long time. The honest truth ? It was early March 2022. I had never seen this before.

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Accepted Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk , host Linda Abraham looks back at her predictions for the 2023/2024 application cycle and offers advice for current and future applicants. She reflects on her previous predictions, such as the increase in test options and waivers and the continued use of rankings in admissions.

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Setting Sights

AUGUST 11, 2021

Yet, even when I was a medical student, working busy days on the wards and in clinics, with even the petty things still lingering from my past, the PTSD from my own hospital experiences, I thought it was all okay, because I spoke about it, and wrote about it openly, on different platforms. Did anyone sit down and explain any of these to me?

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CareerStep

MAY 27, 2024

Working in a hospital pharmacy may involve going on rounds with the doctor or medical students if the particular hospital does rounds, according to Jesie Davenport , CPhT, pharm tech academic lead, and instructor. Institutional, or hospital pharmacy, involves less public interaction.

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Northwest Suburban College

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Preparing students for success in the field, Northwest Suburban College simulates pharmacy environments where students can familiarize themselves with real-world scenarios, including prescription filling, medication compounding, and drug inventory management. Let us help you unlock your potential and achieve your dreams!

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Prism Career Institute

JULY 9, 2024

At Prism Career Institute, students in our Practical Nursing program receive a well-rounded education that includes evidence-based practice. Medical researchers conduct in-depth studies to collect and analyze evidence. You’ll be applying tested medical methods instead of potentially unproven treatments.

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Accepted Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Show Summary Let’s learn about the newest medical school in the United States in this interview with Dr. Caleb Marsh, the Director of Recruitment and Pathway Programs of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Show Notes Thanks for joining me for the 558th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. 2:17] Sure. 9:36] Right, yeah.

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NHA Now

MAY 13, 2020

Compound and dispense protocol specific medications following institutional and sponsor specific procedures. Process patient returned and expired study medication based on sponsor and institutional guidelines. Medication history technician Hospital pharmacy technicians may serve the role of a medication history technician.

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Will Peach MD

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

An increasing number of nurses are pursuing medical studies abroad , driven by a desire for career advancement and the exploration of fresh healthcare possibilities. We’ve gathered key advice to help you successfully undertake this educational endeavor and thrive in the overseas medical field.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 20, 2022

Observing Carter sharing his experience with local students during clinical rounds, an impressed faculty member urged him to add teaching to his skill-set. I worked at this hospital in San Francisco — California Pacific Medical Center — in a heart transplant unit. ” How did you get into teaching? We are still in a pandemic.

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Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

For those eight weeks, I witnessed more patients slip away right beside me than I’ve ever seen in all my admissions collectively – lying next to a stale blue curtain that was closed around a still body was an uncomfortable thought and presence. The year-long hospital admission following numerous abdominal surgeries was hard.

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Setting Sights

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

To put things into context, after my latest long admission to hospital, I had been dropped above a signpost whose hands of direction had all been broken off. I hence became very angry at the world, and this mostly came in the form of resentment. This all made me feel even more alone.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 28, 2023

Owing to a collaboration with the Wuhan University Medical School, I had visited Wuhan in 2008 and 2017. I was torn between throwing myself into inpatient work and acknowledging that my age and medication-induced immunosuppression probably made that a poor choice. Early 2020 was scary. In Chicago, we planned for the inevitable wave.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 19, 2023

When I started medical school I knew remarkably little medicine, even less than the rest of my generally uninformed peers. These first days of medical school were notable for the absurd volume of information I was learning and for the utter freedom I had to admit that I knew nothing. I am sure these two facts were related.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Graduates of the program can pursue careers as Chief Medical Information Officers, start their own companies, work in tech or industry, or advance in clinical leadership roles. Welcome to the 540th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Dr. Schulman, welcome to Admissions Straight Talk. [2:00] Thanks for joining me. My pleasure.

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Setting Sights

JUNE 4, 2021

After all, as a Medical Student going into my future Doctoring career, death would become a huge part of my day to day job, a day to day reality , for myself, my colleagues, and for my patients. Indeed, I have been handed the cards of sampling near-death, through many admissions to the Intensive Care Unit. For now, I am bedbound.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

The Craneware Group hosted a round table with healthcare leaders from across the United States to understand why so many hospitals had not complied with the new ruling. During a documentation and charge capture audit, a coding specialist reviews a facility’s medical records to ensure they meet current regulatory standards.

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Setting Sights

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Looking back, the medical student within me now recognises that this was most likely the very tip to the downward spiral that led me to a depression – a response , rather than a symptom , to the catalogue of bad luck and neglect I had encountered. I did, in the end, return to medical school, in June 2022. So, I did.

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Accepted Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk, host Linda Abraham interviews Dr. Jeffrey SooHoo, Assistant Dean for Admissions at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. SooHoo emphasizes the competitive nature of medical school admissions and the holistic review process used to evaluate applicants.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2020

In the midst of growing inpatient admissions and test results for COVID-19, Congress is working as I write this post to finalize a round of legislation to help Americans with the costs-of-living and (hopefully) health care in a national, mandated, clarifying way. Hospital costs could average over $20,000, the report calculated.

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Practice Index

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Weekly data had shown a 70% increase in hospital admissions for flu in the preceding week. National medical director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, said: Were pleased to have seen bookings for flu and COVID-19 jabs surge by 124% following worrying figures published yesterday about a tidal wave of seasonal viruses affecting hospitals.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The types of activities that you include, the length of time you participated in them, and your description of these events all have an impact on how admissions committees will view your dedication to this career path. These can be your focus, but also include a research activity (and don’t limit yourself to wet lab or medical research).

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