Undergraduate and Postgraduate Educational Contents Considered Necessary by Practicing Registered Dietitians

Contents Advice to Postgraduate Students

The University of Sydney’s school of chemistry is one of the largest chemistry departments in Australia with a strong record of achievement and an international research reputation. There are typically around 100 postgraduate students undertaking research towards doctorate and masters degrees. The school offers postgraduate programs in all areas of contemporary chemistry leading to the followin...

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Concordance of Length and Contents of Continuing Medical Education Programs with Educational Demands of Practicing GPs in Khuzestan Province

Introduction: Assessing educational needs and prioritizing them is the first step in planning. Evaluation of current Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs according to the general physicians' points of view is essential for quality improvement and increasing their efficacy and effectiveness. This study aimed to determine the educational priorities of general physicians (GPs) and the degre...

Undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in Canada.

An overview of medical education at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Canadian faculties of medicine is provided. Particular attention is focused on changes that have occurred in the 1990s and their effect on medical students and on educational programs. Also considered are the effects of reductions in the number of entry-level positions for residency training and the changes in...

Dietitians and physiotherapists necessary in rehabilitation of elderly

In a recent issue of the Journal, Poulsen et al. (1) studied the effects of individualized nursing care in elderly hospitalized patients. The setting was a geriatric rehabilitation clinic and the authors used a quasi-experimental design using one intervention unit and one control unit. The intervention consisted of intensified focus by nurses on nutrition. As it is stated in the article, ‘‘the ...