Assessment of Post Graduate Medical Education: Global

Faculty outlook toward animal experiments in post-graduate medical education.

Animal Experiments (AE) are fundamental in the training of almost all pharmacology-related post-graduate courses.1 However, research studies have questioned their human applicability, toxicological utility, and validity. Other limitations like their exorbitant costs, difficulty in procurement of animals, strict regulations, and reservations about animal ethics by animal rights organizations and...

Quo Vadis--post graduate medical education in Nepal?

Medical Post-Graduate Courses

Graduate medical education.

Additional Documentation Applicants with postgraduate medical experience elsewhere must provide verification from the program director or supervisor. Documentation of PGY levels and actual months/years of credits fully granted to the applicant must be sent to the McGaw Medical Center residency program director before any interview, as required by affiliation agreements and residency review comm...

Reforming graduate medical education.

Because of the traditional subordination of education to service, graduate medical education (GME) in the United States has never realized its full educational potential. This article suggests 4 strategies for reasserting the primacy of education in GME: limit the number of patients house officers manage at one time, relieve the resident staff of noneducational chores, improve educational conte...