School of Medicine

April 4, 2013

Residents’ reduced hours don’t impact care, education

Restructuring work hours for first-year medical residents to accommodate a 2011 duty hour limit of no more than 16 shift hours substantially increases patient handovers, but doesn’t significantly affect efficiency and quality of care among medical inpatients, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study has found.

By Nancy Humphrey

March 28, 2013

Cadaver Ball 2013

Students, faculty and administrators of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine took the Opryland Hotel by storm for the annual Cadaver Ball last Saturday.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 12, 2013

VUSM ranked among nation’s top schools

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is once again named among the nation’s elite Research Schools of Medicine in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s 2014 “Best Graduate Schools” rankings, released this week.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 12, 2013

Vanderbilt’s Peabody No. 1 education school for fifth consecutive year

Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development was named the top graduate school of education in the country for the fifth consecutive year by U.S. News and World Report.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 6, 2013

Scientific American: Putting tests to the test

The overuse of many medical tests and interventions wastes money and can actually harm patients, say more than two dozen medical societies. Daniel Barocas, assistant professor of urology, is quoted.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 5, 2013

Dr. Jeffrey R. Balser: Stop the Sequester

The vital partnership between NIH and Vanderbilt – reproduced at universities all around the country – supports thousands of brilliant minds from all around the world. Sequestration will discourage a generation of young people from even considering a career in research.