BASIC PRINCIPLESOF DOCTORS’ POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

Biomedical Ethics Teachings to Postgraduate Doctors

Postgraduates programs in bioethics are available globally in Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Europe and now with the efforts of UNESCO across much of Asia including India, China and Japan (1). In Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the first formal move in introducing bioethics teachings in the medical students’ curriculum was made at Aga Khan University, Karachi in 1984. It was in 1997 that workshops a...

Developing professionalism in postgraduate doctors beyond workshops

1. van der Stelt CA, Vermeulen Windsant‐van den Tweel AM, Egberts AC, van den Bemt PM, Leendertse AJ, Hermens WA, et al. The association between potentially inappropriate prescribing and medication‐related hospital admissions in older patients: A nested case control study. Drug Saf 2016;39:79‐87. 2. Hamilton HJ, Gallagher PF, O’Mahony D. Inappropriate prescribing and adverse drug events in olde...

Postgraduate Medical Education.

Postgraduate education for pediatricians.

Thank you very much for inviting me to start off the discussions today on post-graduate medical education. Historically post-graduate education has always been grounded in the perception of the specific health care needs of patients. Therefore, I'm first going to address some of the more important health care needs of children, emphasizing the unmet needs which future pediatricians must be prep...

Postgraduate education in rheumatology.