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Health Professions Careers & Education

Find out the current news and issues in the following publications. Some provide opportunities to sign up for email updates or to follow on social media.

AMA Wire (American Medical Association) - "your destination for news and information impacting the medical community"

Kaiser Health News - "in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics"

Medscape - Medical news and perspectives; free registration required

MedlinePlus Health News

ScienceDaily -  "your source for the latest research news"

Medical News Today

AMA Doctor Finder

American Board of Medical Specialties (you need to register to use this free resource)

BlueCross BlueShield of Texas Provider Finder

MedlinePlus list of directories for health professionals, services, and facilities

Dell Medical School faculty

LinkedIn--From your homepage, search for a word or phrase (e.g. American medical, veterinary) then select Groups from the sidebar on the left.

Occupational Outlook Handbook - published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States Department of Labor.  It provides career information such as duties, work environment, training and educational requirements, salary statistics, job outlook, and links to professional organizations

Wayfinder--UT program that assists undeclared students in identifying a major

Podcast: Diabetes Core Update

"Diabetes Core Update is a monthly audio podcast devoted to presenting and discussing the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four scholarly journals – DiabetesDiabetes CareClinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 15 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals. Intended for the busy health care professional who has little time to review journal articles in depth, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in ADA journals are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting."

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