The Department of Health Care Access and Information explained four nursing scholarship programs (ADN, BSN, LVN-to-ADN, VN) with awards from $4,000 to $10,000, a required 12-month service obligation and an application window that opened 09/01/2026 and closes 10/02/2026 at 3:00 PM.

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A sweeping majority of the more than 2,000 members of the two unions who voted, cast ballots in favor of the agreements, which largely address the unions’ demands surrounding staffing levels.

Background: Effective pain and opioid management education remains a persistent challenge in health professions training. Static case studies and lecture-based instruction are widely used but may be insufficient to develop the clinical reasoning and communication skills required in practice. Interactive virtual patient simulations, including those powered by large language models, offer scalable alternatives, but head-to-head comparisons of interactive and static case formats using identical content among interprofessional learner populations remain limited. Objective: This randomized controlled trial examined whether learner knowledge, quiz performance, and engagement differed when educational case studies were delivered through an interactive, AI-enabled virtual patient format versus a static written format. Because the formats differ in interactivity as well as in their use of AI, the trial was designed to test the effect of an “interactive virtual patient format” rather than to isolate any AI-specific effect. Methods: Health professional students from medicine, #nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and allied health programs at a US academic health sciences university viewed a 12-minute video on pain management and were then randomized 1:1 to complete either 3 static written case studies or 3 interactive virtual patient case studies using the Figment Learning Labs Virtual Clinic. Case content was identical across conditions; only the delivery format was manipulated. The virtual patient system used an AI-enabled conversational interface (GPT-4o) delivering facilitator-authored case material, including a viewable medical record. Knowledge was assessed preintervention and postintervention using an 8-item test. Case discussion quiz accuracy and learner engagement (17 items) were also measured. Of 74 enrolled participants, 58 (78%) completed all study components and were included in this completer-based analysis. Analyses included a 2×2 mixed ANOVA and 2-tailed independent-sample tests (α=.05). Results: A significant time (pre-post)×group (interactive vs written) interaction was observed (=4.39; =.04; partial η²=0.07), indicating greater knowledge gains in the interactive condition. Participants in the virtual patient group demonstrated higher case discussion quiz accuracy (mean 0.79, SD 0.15) than those in the written case group (mean 0.64, SD 0.11; =4.48;

WMadison and system leaders described a proposed $90 million investment to expand training capacity for health professions and cited programs such as the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine and accelerated MD tracks designed to keep more clinicians in rural communities.

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A major study reveals concerning levels of Islamophobia and discrimination experienced by Muslim healthcare professionals in Australia. Experts are calling it a hidden crisis.

Task force mobilizes members to testify on workforce bill and engage legislators for support.