September 2011
3 posts
Students prepare for shelf exam →
In three days, Erin Hennen, a medical student at the University of Minnesota will take the internal medicine shelf exam — the culmination of her six week rotation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
Working at a hospital from 6:30 a.m. until as late as 9 p.m. six days in a row during the weeks leading up to the exam is “tiring and stressful,” she said. But it’s also exactly what Hennen and other...
U health policy experts advise Medicare on... →
Faculty from the University of Minnesota’s Division of Health Policy and Management have a history of high-level interactions — such as having lunch with Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, as associate professor Dan Zismer did Thursday.
Perhaps that’s why the division was chosen to produce a report on how doctors are paid and how innovative payment strategies in the Twin Cities could inform...
With new nursing class, AHC expands access for... →
Danielle Bielke was on the waitlist two weeks before getting into the new School of Nursing seminar — the only one of its kind available to freshmen who want to become part of the University of Minnesota’s Academic Health Center.
The course, which began Tuesday, focuses on chronic diseases like diabetes and cancer and is open to students in any major. For students interested in the University’s...
