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Student Success in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Positions such as data scientists, medical and health service managers, physician assistants, and epidemiologists highlight the immense potential need for students entering these fields. To ensure equity in STEM education, colleges and universities must take proactive steps to recruit, support, retain, and graduate minority students.

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Ohio State University College of Nursing uses its Summer Institute for Future Nurses as a recruiting tool for high school students. At the conclusion of the strike, Montefiore Medical Center released a statement noting that the new contract includes a wage increase and more than 170 new nursing positions.

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Using simulation flexibly to provide experiential learning at scale

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Agata is a GP teacher, Year 4 Deputy Director of MBChB and previous Clinical Teaching Fellow in Simulation.This post belongs to the Engaging and Empowering Learning: Celebrating Best Practices series. Here I will talk about three such innovations thatare being used by Edinburgh University Medical School.

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APEX 7: Pushing the boundaries of Medical Education

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

In this extra post, Colette Revadillo, David Geddes, and Anya Tan showcase APEX 7, an upcoming student-led medical research expedition to Bolivia that seeks to advance the field of high-altitude medicine. What makes APEX truly exceptional is its commitment to student leadership.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“If we know someone is housing insecure, food insecure, or financially insecure, we have resources to help those students,” says Alexander, referencing AAP’s emergency response crisis team (ERCT) and noting that between 3,000 and 3,800 students engage with ERCT each quarter, over 10,000 per year. Then, you see the successes.”

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The four-year graduation rate for Latino students in the major is approximately 88%. All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A. We intentionally recruit and serve Latino students because they frequently have a personal connection to this profession,” says Rueda-Acedo. within six years. “We

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APEX 7: Pushing the boundaries of Medical Education

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Part of the apex6 expedition at the summit of Huayna Potosi (6088m) – Image Credit David Geddes In this extra post, Colette Revadillo, David Geddes, and Anya Tan showcase APEX 7, an upcoming student-led medical research expedition to Bolivia that seeks to advance the field of high-altitude medicine.

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