Jumping in Feet First
Duke University School of Medicine is launching a new “patient first” curriculum that puts students in the clinic earlier and trains them in social determinants of health, data science, and leadership
Meghan Sullivan and Ivana Premasinghe still can’t believe they got to spend their very first week of medical school in the clinic, conducting patient interviews and learning basic exam skills like blood pressure reading and heart rate monitoring.
Two Blues Join Forces to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease
If doctors could catch the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain earlier, could the disease be delayed or even prevented?
This is the question that researchers at Duke and UNC are hoping to answer by joining forces on an ambitious new program called the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Collaborative (ADRC). The Duke-UNC collaborative includes experts from a dozen disciplines, from neurology to bioinformatics to pathology.
For James Carter, Sr. Serving the Underserved Was a Calling
James Carter, Sr.’s love for reading, science and medicine blossomed when he was a young boy in Maysville, North Carolina, as he pored over the scientific magazines his mother regularly brought him from the doctor’s home where she was a housekeeper. Sharing these magazines with her son was just one of the ways Irene Carter reinforced the importance of education to her four children, and this simple act undoubtedly helped lay a foundation for his successful career as a physician.
The ABCs of Keeping Kids Healthy
Have you ever wondered how physicians determine the amount of medication that is safe and most effective for a child? Duke physician-scientist and critical care pediatrician Kanecia Zimmerman’s research has focused on that exact quandary— appropriate and correct doses of medications for children. She is no stranger to seeking answers to new and challenging questions to help the youngest members of society.