Urgent Care Staff Education: The Strategy Taking the Pain Out of the Most Common Issues Facing Urgent Care ClinicsHow Urgent Care Staff Education Improves Both Operations and OutcomesIf you are running an urgent care clinic, you know it is a unique beast. You have multiple levels of clinician to hire, train, retain and support. Daily operations need to keep running … Read More
Med-Challenger Releases Online Course and Question Editing Platform
Med-Challenger Releases Online Course and Question Editing PlatformCreate and curate online courses, questions, and assessmentOn September 19, 2019, Med-Challenger announced the release of new authoring tools allowing schools and training organizations to create courses and tests for its medical education platform. Med-Challenger has introduced new custom authoring tools that allow customers to create their own stand-alone courses, as well as … Read More
Nurse Practitioner Practice: New Trends of the NP Practice and NP Programs
Nurse Practitioner Practice and Education: Then & NowThe Recent Growth and Future Trends of NP Practice and NP Education ProgramsNurse practitioner practice is one of the fastest growing segments in healthcare practice and healthcare education. From BSN to NP to DNP, the number of graduated nurse practitioners is still outpaced by demand and NP programs are adopting new solutions to … Read More
Cognitive Computing Applications for Medical Education Programs
Cognitive Computing Applications for Medical Education ProgramsCognitive computing applications are being developed to help medical education programs improve clinical education outcomesWhat is Cognitive Computing?The term cognitive computing is typically used to describe artificial intelligence (AI) systems that aim to simulate human thought. Human cognition involves real-time analysis of environment, context and intent, among many other variables that inform a person’s … Read More
The Biggest Challenge for Healthcare Education Programs and Their Leadership
The Biggest Challenge for Healthcare Education Programs and Their LeadershipMed-Challenger, the leading brand in online medical education, asked physician leaders nationwide to identify the single most time-consuming and costly challenger for their healthcare education program and leadership.Is it Whether you are directing an institutional training program or seeking to ensure the best possible care throughout an organization, there are many … Read More
Free Board Review Questions of the Week – Gout
This week’s free board review question…A 59-year-old man who is being treated for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity has experienced 3 gout attacks in the past year. His uric acid level is 9.2 mg/dL (normal range, 3.0-6.5 mg/dL). He recently completed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy for an acute attack and has been asymptomatic for 3 weeks. You decide to start … Read More
