Eighteen years after its creation, the Section of Emergency Medicine has been elevated to full departmental status within the Yale School of Medicine. Formerly part of the Department of Surgery, Emergency Medicine now stands on its own at Yale, a...
A delegation of 21 physician leaders from throughout China spent three days at Yale in early August for executive and clinical diabetes management training offered by the Yale School of Public Health, the School of Medicine and the School of Management....
A video of the panel discussion on healthcare reform, featuring professor Jacob Hacker is now available. The discussion titled “Healthcare Reform: A Civil Discourse in a Turbulent Age,” covered the timely and critically important topic of overhauling the...
Forty years ago, doctoral student Joel Rosenbaum asked this question: How are cilia, the tiny thread-like appendages protruding from most cells, formed from molecules in the interior of cells?The answer to this basic biology question asked by Rosenbaum,...
Many clinicians whose chronically or terminally ill patients might benefit from learning about hospice care are not having these discussions, according to recent findings by Yale School of Medicine researcher Terri Fried working with medical students John...
A new study led by a Yale School of Nursing researcher recommends changes in nursing schools and the work environment to reduce the number of novice nurses who opt to leave the profession.The article comes at a time when about 18% of newly licensed...
Three healthcare experts spent an hour and a half at a Yale School of Medicine panel on Sept. 16 striving to bring clarity to a national reform debate they all agreed has been obscure, frustrating and ultimately unenlightening.Yet the complexity of the...
Diarrhea-related diseases claim the lives of more than 1.5 million children each year, almost all in developing countries. Poor sanitary conditions, including contaminated water and food, are the major source of the bacteria and viruses that cause severe...
In a rite of passage marking their journey toward a medical career, the newest students at the Yale School of Medicine were formally “robed” in traditional doctor’s coats at a ceremony held at the start of the new school year.Family and friends looked on...
The work and influence of American psychoanalyst Erik Erikson will be highlighted in a lecture and exhibition on campus this month.The exhibit, “Erik Erikson at Yale and Riggs: Clarifying Links Between Child Development and Adult Resilience,” which will...