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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California has struggled for years to recruit aspiring physicians of color into its health care workforce, despite the state’s highly diverse population.

This month, a very significant event for millions of Americans took place: the National Resident Matching Program’s annual residency match. This is when medical school graduates hope to find a residency program where they will continue their graduate medical education. These are the physicians who will be caring for you…

Rachel Reeves tasks chancellor with finding money to double England’s doctor and nurse training places

Plan expected to be published next month could propose increasing places from 7,500 to 15,000

A handful of top medical schools, including Stanford and Columbia, pulled out of U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings in January, following a similar exodus of more than a dozen law schools, including UC Berkeley, Yale and Harvard, late last year. It’s a welcome development that is overdue. Undergraduate…

Most doctors get little training in the science of obesity or how to counsel people with the disease. As a result, many patients experience stigma in the exam room.

Medical training is in demand, but hesitancy on body donation means students have little to work with, while an illicit trade in transplant organs flourishes

The centre at Worcester University could be forced to train only overseas students, who are unlikely to remain in Britain

Amanda Pritchard said “excellent” British candidates are being rejected from medical schools due to a lack of places