Challenger Medical Education Blog

September 26, 2024 Customer Newsletter

Written by Challenger Corporation | Sep 26, 2024 9:56:13 PM

  • Lack of Nutrition Education

  • AI-Driven Learning

  • Diagnostic Testing Disparities

  • Dependency on Foreign Doctors Increases

  • Protection from Deceptive Drug Ads 

Diet-related Diseases are the No. 1 Cause of Death in the US – Yet Many Doctors Receive Little to No Nutrition Education in Med School

58% of medical students receive no formal training in nutrition. The study categorizes heart disease and stroke as diet-related conditions, which are recognized as being heavily influenced by diet. Additionally, nutrition education in medical school, nursing programs, and even general education is quite basic. Your patients are constantly bombarded by ads, claims, internet and marketing, all of which provide dangerously misleading information at a scale that wasn’t seen before the rise of social media.

Diet-related Diseases are the No. 1 Cause of Death in the US – Yet Many Doctors Receive Little to No Nutrition Education in Med School

AI-Driven Learning with Med-Challenger: Supplemental Info at Your Fingertips

This free course showcases the capabilities of Med-Challenger’s AI-driven large language model (LLM) and demonstrates how it can enhance your medical learning experience. Watch the short, 25-second video to see just how easy it is to download your free course today.

Free AI-Driven Sample Course
 
 

Diagnostic Testing Disparities Identified Between Black and White Patients

A study of 3.6 million encounters between 2016 and 2018 measured testing disparities among ethnic groups for nonspecific diagnoses in the ED. The Epocrates article is somewhat brief. The summary in the actual publication (linked below) provides additional regional information and references related to the study.

Diagnostic Testing Disparities Identified Between Black and White Patients - Epocrates, JAMA Network

Race and Ethnicity and Diagnostic Testing for Common Conditions in the Acute Care Setting - PubMed

America is Increasingly Dependent on Foreign Doctors − but Their Path to Immigration is Getting Harder

The statistics in this article are generally accurate. The percentage of U.S. citizens receiving their medical education outside the U.S., primarily in Canada and the Caribbean, is high, which reflects a different issue with medical education in the U.S. However, about 25% of practicing physicians are foreign-born. H-1B visas grew in popularity but began to decline in the early 2000s, a trend that has accelerated in the 2020s. The current cap is 85,000.

Medical school admissions in the U.S. are at about 40% of qualified applicants. In the 2023 match, 40,375 residency slots were offered.

 America is Increasingly Dependent on Foreign Doctors − but Their Path to Immigration is Getting Harder  

Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drug Ads Online Act Introduced – Policy & Medicine

There’s a significant gap in FDA regulation when it comes to the promotion of prescription drugs by manufacturers. 'Influencers' and deceptive indirect online advertising are not currently regulated by the FDA. The proposed bill would allow the FDA to issue warnings and fines for communications that result in a financial benefit to the speaker/promoter. It would exclude patient care, medical research, and opinions, and is primarily aimed at commercial claims made by professional marketers.

The FDA currently lacks an effective enforcement mechanism to police social media, but the bill would provide tools to address some of the most egregious violations.

Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drug Ads Online Act Introduced – Policy & Medicine - Policy & Medicine