Print Report an Error Share An Association of American Medical Colleges panel finalized its proposal to redesign the standardized test required for medical schools, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Tuesday. The new test, which will likely be used from 2015 to 2030, aims to attract aspiring physicians savvy in both practical skills and bedside manner, according to The Chronicle. The proposals will emphasize medicine’s psychological and social aspects by adding sections on the fundamentals of behavior and on analytical and reasoning >>>

News release from Mayville State: Mayville State University has received a gift of one million dollars. Designated for the purpose of providing student scholarships, the gift is the largest single monetary charitable contribution ever received by Mayville State University. The donor of the contribution has chosen to remain anonymous. The announcement of the gift was made at an event held in the recently completed Education Psychology facility at Mayville State University on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. The million-dollar donation will be used to establish the Nelson Family Endowed Scholarship >>>

(AFP) – 3 hours ago  STOCKHOLM — Women alcoholics suffer damage to the part of their brain that controls moods, impulses and sleep three times faster than their male counterparts, a Swedish study showed Wednesday.Women suffer a 50-percent reduction in the so-called serotonin function in their brain after four years of excessive drinking, while men show the same amount of damage after 12 years of alcohol abuse, according to the study by researchers at Gothenburg University."The impairment is progressing much faster in women," explained Kristina Berglund, who conducted the study with colleagues >>>

Published on Wed Nov 09 17:00:00 GMT 2011 A YOUNG golfer has been receiving expert coaching from sport academics at the University of Derby Buxton. Bradley Moore, 13, has been working with the sports coaching, development and psychology experts Dr John Pates, Mark Cheatham and Adam Baker.Since then, Derbyshire’s Junior Sportsperson of the Year 2011 has played for England under-16 boys >>>

Public release date: 9-Nov-2011 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Melissa Carrollmcarroll@uh.edu 713-743-8153University of Houston 5-year study involves 2,000 UH students and three universities IMAGE: This is Clayton Neighbors, a professor and director of the social psychology program in the department of psychology at the University of Houston. Click here for more information. Perceptions of peer drinking of alcohol may be the strongest predictor of >>>