Leading Practices and Future Directions for Technical Standards in Medical Education

Undergraduate medical education--future directions.

Editorial Undergraduate medical education-future directions The responsibility to educate doctors was one of the earliest traditions of medicine. For instance the first section ofthe Hippocratic oath provides the first written framework forvaluing education inmedicine and laying upon doctors the duty to pass on their skills and learning.' It is only after this section that the oath turns to the...

Continuing medical education in Wisconsin: current status and future directions.

Continuing medical education (CME) of physicians, a life-long commitment, is one of the foundations of medical professionalism. This article outlines CME objectives and the regulatory framework through which it is delivered, addressing the safeguards against commercial intrusion and the preservation of scientific objectivity. The article also includes a brief review of the principles of adult l...

The European Respiratory Society: future directions in medical education.

T oday’s fast-moving societal, economic and technological changes are reshaping the medical profession. The movement of both patients and doctors within the European Union (EU) has focused even greater attention on the competence of doctors and their fitness to practice. HORSLEY et al. [1] have described the variation between continuing professional development systems across EU countries, argu...

Medical education in China's leading medical schools.

This article gives a general overview of the evolution and present state of the undergraduate medical education system, programs, evaluation methods and conferred degrees in contemporary China. The publication is based on the information collected from on-site visits to the eight (8) leading medical universities, medical education conferences, visits to Ministries of Health and Education and th...

Granular Computing: Practices, Theories, and Future Directions