Curing the nursing profession’s ills

Hospitals all over the world are facing shortages and high turnover rates in nursing, and increasingly find that nursing issues are among their top concerns and priorities for change. Elizabeth Brown of HMI speaks about the problems and potential cures for the nursing profession. International nursing expert Linda Aiken discusses how discontent among nurses crosses international borders and stems from the same root causes, despite great differences in health care financial systems.

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Hospital network in Thailand extends its partnership with HMI
An expanded partnership with the Phya Thai Hospital Group in Bangkok will focus on clinical services, education, and quality management.

HMS Dean gets firsthand tour of Indian health care
During a visit to India, Harvard Medical School’s dean, Dr. Joseph Martin, met with HMI’s partners and learned about the country’s health care.

Dresden faculty put theory into practice in Harvard Macy program
An HMI curriculum development program in Dresden gets some input from the Harvard Macy Institute.

New partnership will expand medical education projects in Croatia

Emergency medicine program will support specialty training in Italy

Hospital strategies are a focus for Korean leaders during visit to Boston

Conference shows students opportunities in international health

Pediatric intensive care conference will take a global perspective

Alumni return to teach—and learn again
This January brought 69 participants to Boston for the Harvard Macy Institute’s Program for Physician Educators. But along with these new faces came 32 alumni scholars who served as program faculty. For many alumni, whose ranks have been growing over the years, returning is a chance to deepen their knowledge of medical education and reconnect with the same people and ideas that excited them the first time around.

Food pyramid in need of renovation
Harvard Women’s Health Watch

Diet and Alzheimer’s disease
Harvard Mental Health Letter

Community-based treatment shows success against resistant TB
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New book spotlights tremendous inequalities between nations and within the United States
Harvard Public Health Now

Study suggests depressed men may benefit from testosterone replacement therapy
McLean Hospital

Minimally invasive treatment successfully destroys kidney tumors
Massachusetts General Hospital