| Schools, Training | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:57:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | In an effort to meet the ongoing demand for health-care workers, many schools and colleges in the Richmond area offer degrees, training and certification programs in the medical field. Some are available through four-year universities, others through career schools and local hospitals. Areas of study available include nursing, radiography, dental assisting, respiratory therapy, pharmacy technician, paramedics, administration, disaster science, rehabilitation, esthetics and massage therapy. Following is a list of schools that offer training and degrees: Nursing degrees, certifications Bon Secours Memorial School of Nursing offers a diploma program toward RN licensure. Requirements: high school diploma (GPA 2.5) or GED; completion of biology, college-prep chemistry and algebra I classes; recommendations and transcripts.... | |
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| | | Medical schools chase fees | | Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 12:58:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | UNIVERSITY medical school deans have warned that financial pressure is forcing them to rely on full-fee students to augment funding. And they predict universities will be unable to properly cater for 600 new medical student positions announced by the Howard Government in July to respond to doctor shortages. The Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools has also accused governments of failing to properly plan for the new medical students, putting at risk the standard of their education. CDAMS sounds the warnings in a submission to a Department of Education, Science and Technology inquiry examining ways to improve medical education. The inquiry comes amid demands for doctors, particularly in rural areas, and warnings that increases in medical school numbers have not been matched by commensurate increases in placements for them to obtain clinical experience.... | |
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| | | Search ends for medical school dean | | Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:58:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | Dr. Michael Cain, a cardiologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo medical school. His appointment is effective Nov. 1. Cain was one of four finalists from a national applicant field who were interviewed in June. He succeeds Michael Bernardino, who resigned in February 2003. .... | |
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| | | SA medical schools gain 60 places | | Posted Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:28:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | MORE university places for South Australian medical students are assured by a Commonwealth decision to create new university spots across the nation. Health Minister John Hill said the decision, announced at the Council of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra, would help retain doctors trained in SA. Under the new proposals, the Commonwealth has agreed to a State Government push for 60 new places - 40 at the University of Adelaide and 20 at Flinders University. In 2003, SA did not get one extra student doctor's place in either of its two major universities. Mr Hill said the places would "go a long way towards making SA self-sufficient in the provision of doctors for the future" in the face of a "lot of retirements coming in the medical work force".... | |
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