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Settling the Score

The debate over one of the most contested exams in medical education comes to a head. The next few months may bring a seismic shift to a medical school milestone, the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1. Aspiring doctors typically take it after their second year of medical school, and a good score

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Paging Dr. Data

Recent Work, Tech / Stephen Ornes

For doctors who treat trauma patients, prediction is key: Will a patient die in the next 30 minutes? Why or why not? What about the next six hours? And after that? What’s the best treatment? How might the patient respond to that treatment in the best- and worst-case scenarios? Then what? These are mortal questions:

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