Category: Medical Education

This fall, Stanford's Continuing Studies program launched a new offering: Stanford Mini Med School, featuring distinguished faculty, scientists and physicians from the university's School of …

This image of a lung that was made in Stanford's Radiology 3D Imaging Laboratory. Computed tomography was used to scan the side of the lungs …

Even before last month's earthquake, providing medical care in Haiti was a struggle. A 2002 Stanford Medicine magazine article describes the scene back then in …

This afternoon, Shots' Scott Hensley pokes a bit of (good-natured) fun at the CDC's "Social Media Guidelines and Best Practices" (link to PDF) document. Yes, …

This is a striking color-enhanced microscopic image of mouse embryonic stem cells growing on a bed of silicon nanotubes. It was made in the lab …

UPDATE JAN. 28, 2010: Paul Auerbach, MD, and Robert Norris, MD, have e-mailed a brief description of the medical and cultural experiences the Stanford team …

Ves Dimov, MD, who runs Clinical Cases and Images, has identified five emerging trends in medically-focused social media. Among the five: Independent solo medical bloggers …

Raise your hand if you've ever rolled your eyes at well-meaning advice from a parent or grandparent--and then went on to do what they'd suggested. …

Yesterday, my colleague Ruthann Richter met with Johan Guillaume, a first-year Stanford medical student who was born in Haiti. He shared with Ruthann his concerns …

A team of emergency medicine physicians and nurses from Stanford departed for Haiti early this morning to aid with relief efforts. The medical team will …

As 2010 gets underway, there remains a number of unanswered questions about the state of health care and biomedical research in the U.S. It is …

I've been interested in Daria Mochly-Rosen's research into a mutation that messes up alcohol processing for personal reasons. If I imbibe more than a sip …

A story in this morning's New York Times detailed plans by the Stanford University School of Medicine to design and implement a new model for …

The U.S. National Library of Medicine has made six historic science books available on the Web in high resolution. The browsing experience is fairly good …

If you've got a thing for odd medical artifacts, here's the quiz for you. These images even stumped some of the experts in medical history …

As the second wave of holiday migration is upon us, zillions of soon-to-be travelers are girding their loins, knowing that no matter which mode of …