MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'americas'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4522324&cid=t_95597_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FInsidePaTraining%2F%7E3%2FAbPaNcNhHiE%2Ffinding-a-physician-assistant-to-shadow Last week I wrote about why you should shadow a physician assistant if you plan to apply to physician assistant school.  One of our readers emailed me (please do if you have something you’d like to read about) and asked me, “How do you find someone to shadow?”  I gave some ideas off-the-cuff, but I [...]Visit us at Inside PA Training - Becoming A Physician Assistant (Source: Inside PA Training) Inside PA Training blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4522324 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:59:04 +0100 4522324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4490001&cid=t_95597_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FInsidePaTraining%2F%7E3%2F8gO_bbyYvn8%2Ffinding-a-pa-or-md-shadowing-experience   Remember how busy clincians are Last week I wrote about how it’s crucial to spend some time shadowing if you plan to apply to physician assistant school.  One of our readers emailed me (please do if you have something you’d like to read about) and asked me, “How do you find someone to shadow?”  [...]Visit us at Inside PA Training - Becoming A Physician Assistant (Source: Inside PA Training) Inside PA Training blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4490001 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:59:04 +0100 4490001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2160970&cid=t_95597_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspieweb%2F%7E3%2FGt_X8X29OFA%2F Many of you may remember Heather Kuzmich a finalist on the TV Show “America’s Next Top Model” who also has Aspergers Syndrome.  She has just went on to further her education - by enrolling in a video game design school. According to Rahul Sood’s blog Kuzmich is getting into gaming because “I frigging love games and [...] This is an excerpt from an article on AspieWeb.net, A blog writen by an Autistic Blogger. (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2160970 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:13:09 +0100 2160970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1032971&cid=t_95597_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F185927318%2F Today’s Chicago Tribune sings the praises of the “geek girl” and offers an overview of undiagnosed geek girlness in movies ranging from literary characters like Mary Bennett and Hermione (from Pride and Prejudice and the Harry Potter books) to The Truth About Cats and Dogs (”geek girl cult classic“), to Heather, who has Asperger Syndrome and who was recently on America’s Next Top Model. Time was when a girl with food stains on her shirt, spectacles on her nose and a passion for, say, theoretical physics or existentialist philosophy could, at best, be a big screen punch line or a sitcom sidekick. Well, that was then, this is now. With “Beauty and the Geek” for the first time featuring a female brainiac, and Heather the art nerd eating the beau... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1032971 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:30:48 +0100 1032971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=979230&cid=t_95597_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F175018721%2F Not quite sure what to make of this one: Last night on America’s Next Top Model, Heather who is said to have “mild Asperger’s syndrome,” won a challenge and got to model for Carol’s Daughter, a line of beauty products for women of color. Guest stylist Mary J. Blige suggested that Heather be “painted brown” or, as Jezebel puts it, to appear in “mildly offensive blackface.” Go here to see a video clip; Heather is now featured on Carol’s Daughter’s website (and here are photos of her appearing in front of a back drop of recycled aluminum cans). Share This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=979230 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:24:24 +0100 979230