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Test scores bias entry to radiation-oncology residency programs, and potentially other programs.

A new Harvard study shows that, though students felt like they learned more from traditional lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in active learning classrooms.

The New York Stem Cell Foundation and the University of Michigan have used the NYSCF Institutional Report Card for Gender Equality to evaluate the representation of women in STEM across more than 500 institutions. NYSCF designed and collected the Report Cards and the University of Michigan analyzed the over 1,200 Report Cards received. Findings indicate that promotion, recruitment, and retention of women to senior roles are lacking, as are policies to support women in science.

This report examines racial and ethnic disparity among jail bookings and the pretrial population in Harris County so that we are better able to inform and prioritize approaches to pretrial equity. Policy suggestions are provided at the conclusion of this report.

Fires, tornadoes and other natural disasters are outside of the control of care teams. But it is within our team's control to train neonatal intensive care unit staff to master emergency evacuations, a necessary skill, says Lisa Zell, BSN, a clinical educator at Children's National in Washington, D.C.

Trainee doctors who have dyslexia, and who declare this prior to taking the clinical skills component of the licensing exam for general practice, are less likely to pass than their counterparts, new research has shown.

An Arizona State University study, conducted by 14 undergraduate students and their research mentors, found that more than 50% of life sciences students who participated in the study considered leaving their undergraduate research experience. Ultimately, more than 50% decided to leave. They also found the most important factors that influence whether a student decides to continue working in research included a positive lab environment and enjoying their everyday research tasks.

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, UCLA and the University of Texas published new research in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, that reveals the power of word-of-mouth in social learning, even when compared to the power of following the example of someone we trust or admire. The same research found, however, that both word-of-mouth and following someone else's lead are two of the most powerful dynamics in influencing others through social learning.

In a perspective article appearing in the Aug. 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a group of prominent physician-scientist leaders propose a plan for increasing the number of physicians who conduct research looking for tomorrow's breakthroughs and cures.