600 MCQs in Anaesthesia: Basic Sciences

Basic sciences curriculum in medical education

Introduction: Traditional methods are generally used for teaching basic science courses at Shiraz Medical School. Such courses are taught during the first and second years of a seven-year medical program. The goal of this study was to analyze teachers and students’ perceptions of basic science teaching in medical education.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the colleg...

Basic sciences and nursing.

‘Basic sciences’ is a term that refers to studies supporting the range of professional education in different knowledge areas. Basic research, whether in the biological, exact or human area, supports professional practice as well as applied research, even if in the long term. The list of Nobel Prize winners in Medicine and Physiology in recent decades reveals that various scientists have receiv...

MCQs in psychiatry

Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Conference 2016

The 2016 edition of the Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Scientific Sessions was held from July 18 to July 21 in beautiful (and hot!) Phoenix, Arizona. This year’s program was put together by Program Co-chairs Raj Kishore (Temple University), Jay Zhang (University of Alabama), and Maria Kontaridis (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center). The meeting attracted ≈600 attendees representing 23 c...

Basic sciences: an alternative career?

Career selection is a crucial and a complex process which is also true for the medical profession. In the context of our country, due to the limited opportunity and proper guidance, migration of medical graduates to foreign countries is increasing. Though, clinical subjects have a huge attraction, basic science field has failed to impress our medical graduates. In current scenario, basic scienc...