Inadequate Surgical Education

Inadequate investment on management of diabetes education

AIMS Reforming and improving the patient education process need more insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the existing education process. There is little documentation on patient education in National Diabetes Prevention and Control Program in Iran, so the present study aimed to describe patient education process in diabetes centers in one of the provinces of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHO...

The Costs of Inadequate Education for New York State

by RIChARd KENdALL One of the most difficult obstacles to the adoption of social policies is the idea that governmental action is destined to fail. Because fallible individuals create and run governmental institutions, institutional action is bound to be fallible as well. Those who follow this logic tell us that, at best, public policy can ameliorate social problems. In their view, ills such as...

Entry level education inadequate for practice in pediatrics.

The figures for occupational therapy personnel employed in community mental health centers from 1977 to 1986 quoted in AOTA's Ad Hoc Com· mission's repon Occupational Ther· apy Manpower: A Plan for Progress (AOTA, 1985) and clarified in a Letter to the Editor by Silvergleit (1987) are thought· provoking in relation to our own articles on related topicS (Nee· man & Neeman, 1983, 1987). We learn ...

Surgical education on YouTube.

T he increasing popularity of internet social media is likely to present new opportunities and challenges to current paradigms in medical education. 1 Some advocate that social media (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and so forth) can enhance learning opportunities outside the classroom, and can be especially helpful to promote self-directed learning. 1 YouTube (www. youtube.com) was created in 2005...

laparoscopic surgical education