Admissions processes for five year medical courses at English schools: review

Pattern of medical admissions at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba-a two year review.

OBJECTIVE A two-year retrospective evaluation of the pattern of medical admissions at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. METHODOLOGY Case notes of all admissions and deaths in the medical wards between November 2005 and October 2007 were retrieved and reviewed. The mean, standard deviation and percentages of relevant data were derived and presented in simple descri...

Post-tenure Review at U.S. Medical Schools.

PURPOSE To assess post-tenure review policies at U.S. medical schools by examining how prevalent post-tenure review is, what models of post-tenure review are employed, and what outcomes result from post-tenure review processes. METHOD In late 2014, a Web-based survey was sent to the associate dean for faculty affairs (or equivalent) at each U.S. medical school accredited by the Liaison Commit...

Medical humanities courses becoming prerequisites in many medical schools.

Pattern and outcome of diabetic admissions at a federal medical center: a 5-year review.

BACKGROUND Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing worldwide, with the major increases expected to occur in developing countries. It has been observed that the pattern of hospital admissions can be used to determine the effectiveness of outpatient care of DM. OBJECTIVE This study was aimed to examine diabetes-related admissions to medical wards of a federal medical center in Ekiti,...

Five-Year Experience of Liver Transplant at Kerman University of Medical Sciences: Afzalipoor Hospital

Introduction: The only option for treatment of end stage liver diseases is liver transplantation. Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman, Iran is the third largest liver transplantation center in Iran. In this study, the outcomes of this center have been studied during the past 5 years. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the pre and post transplantation’s clinical, demographic and outcome data of ...