As a leading national locum tenens agency, Barton Associates is committed to providing top-quality physicians and nurse practitioners to first-rate hospitals and practices nationwide. We are also committed to providing physicians, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals with resources to make their jobs easier as well as insights into the latest industry trends via our Barton Blog. Here we wanted to highlight medical schools that share our vision of providing valuable information, advice, and resources to medical students, healthcare providers, and patients. We scoured the internet and identified our top 10 favorite medical school blogs based on their frequency of posts, variety of content, layout, and engagement with readers. Each of the following blogs provides compelling, fresh content that any healthcare professional should have bookmarked. So here they are, in no particular order. We call them Barton’s Best.
Science Life – University of Chicago Medicine
The Science Life blog specifically covers biomedical advancements, both theoretical and clinical. The blog features an impressive list of contributors, including the world’s leading authorities on complex surgery, cancer, evolution, genetics, heart disease, organ transplants, and many other fields. With such experts regularly contributing, the blog does a great job of taking on complex topics such as the lineage of immune cells and the cost of sequencing the human genome. Read more at Science Life
Compass – Harvard Medical School
Harvard’s Compass blog covers all the public health and policy news coming out of the nation’s top medical school. Here, some of Harvard’s top lecturers and professors share their thoughts and insights on the state of the healthcare system and offer solutions to topics such as healthcare disparity, global health, the Affordable Care Act, and more. Read more at Compass
Dose of Reality – University of Michigan Medical School
More than a dozen medical students regularly contribute to the University of Michigan’s Dose of Reality blog. The writers represent a variety of backgrounds and graduation years which allows them to offer a variety of perspectives on the medical school experience. Any future, current, or former medical students can likely relate their musings on residency interviews, clinicals, and exams. Read more at Dose of Reality
Rush News Blog – Rush University Medical Center
The folks over at the Rush News Blog do a great job of logging all that is going on at the Rush University Medical Center. Just recently, the blog explained why the medical center decided to place “No Guns” signs throughout its facilities. The Rush News Blog is a great example of how a forward-thinking medical center can use its blog to share its innovations with the rest of the medical community. Read more at Rush News Blog
The Doctor’s Tablet – Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
The Doctor’s Tablet blog doesn’t just comment on the news of the day, the contributors often take on interesting and controversial topics, such as whether ADHD should be treated with medication and whether using preimplantation genetic diagnosis is “playing God”. Read more at The Doctor’s Tablet
BCM Momentum – Baylor College of Medicine
Momentum does a great job covering the latest health news and innovation, but it also throws in a healthy dose of fun. Each Thursday, the blog editors share a Throwback Thursday photo from the school’s archives. They also typically share healthy recipes with their readers. Check out the fish tacos with mango salsa. Sounds delicious. Read more at BCM Momentum
UMass Med Now – University of Massachusetts
The UMass Med Now blog does a great job of incorporating video into its stories, and interviewing the school’s experts to weigh in on top stories. For example, the blog editors tapped Tina Grosowsky, project coordinator for the Central Massachusetts Tobacco-free Community Partnership in the Department of Psychiatry at UMass Medical School to comment on CVS’ decision to stop selling tobacco products. Read more at UMass Med Now
Dose of DMU – Des Moines University
With posts titled “Breathing is so cool” and “How would you like to die?”, you know you are in for an interesting experience on the Dose of DMU blog. The team does a great job of finding interesting stories and delivering them in a way that is both creative and authentic. Read more at Dose of DMU
Health Talk – University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota’s Health Talk blog covers a variety of health news from inside and outside the university. The blog takes advantage of its long list of contributors from throughout the university to offer several different perspectives, including research into canine kidney disease, a nursing student’s inspiring story, and the Medical School dean’s first day. Read more at Health Talk
Penn Medicine News Blog – University of Pennsylvania Health Systems
Penn Medicine’s Department of Communications does a great job keeping the Penn Medicine News Blog updated with a variety of content that ranges from updates on the university’s new ambulatory care center to how sleep affects an Olympic athlete’s performance. New content is also posted daily, so be sure to check back to get the latest. Read more at Penn Medicine News Blog
