Accelerated MD Programs Eliminate the Fourth Year of Medical School and May Solve Our Nation’s Physician Shortage

Will increasing medical school enrollment solve Canada's physician supply problems?

The Dilemma of Physician Shortage and International Recruitment in Canada

The perception of physician shortage in Canada is widespread. Absolute shortages and relative discrepancies, both specialty-wise and in urban-rural distribution, have been a daunting policy challenge. International Medical Graduates (IMGs) have been at the core of mitigating this problem, especially as long as shortage of physicians in rural areas is concerned. Considering such recruitment as h...

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

The medical school and the practicing physician.

I am proud to be invited to write an essay for the special issue of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine honoring Dean Vernon Lippard. The Association of American Medical Colleges first brought us together in 1946 and during the years that have followed his counsel and friendship have steadily added to my store of significant memory. The subject for this essay has always been one of our mut...

Designing and conducting MD/MPH dual degree program in the Medical School of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Many studies have focused on the need of healthsystems to educated physicians in the clinical prevention, researchmethodology, epidemiology and health care management andemphasize the important role of this training in the public healthpromotion. On this basis, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences(SUMS) has established MD/MPH dual degree program since theyear 2012.Methods: In the...